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bash: conditional statement causes "unexpected end of file" on macOS
When I source the following simple script in a bash shell on macOS (Sonoma 14.4.1), I get
"syntax error: unexpected end of file".
#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello"
echo "$SHELL"
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How to use quotation marks with bash regex? [closed]
I want to use a regex in my Bash script like the code below:
REGEX='^\s*-.*|^\s*file:\s*["'\''].*'
if [[ ${LINE} =~ ${REGEX}.* ]]; then
# TODO
fi
If I execute this in the script in Windows it ...
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while there is no line 16 but still giving error "line 16 : syntax error: unexpected end of line" [closed]
a=10
b=20
c=30
if [[ $a -gt $b && $a -gt $c ]]
then
echo "A is the greater number"
if [[ $b -gt $a && $b -gt $c ]]
then
echo "B is the greater number"
else
echo &...
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ACR task for cleanup avoiding specific tags giving syntax error
I'm trying to create ACR tasks that would run acr purge command to cleanup of ACR registry.
Here is a command for ACR cleanup of 3 repositories, except those with the tag latest :
az acr run --cmd '...
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Postgres Syntax error caused by dash ind CLI command
I have a script with this command
/usr/bin/psql postgres -h localhost -U postgres -c "GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE "famdb-develop" TO fullwood;"
When I ran it, I got this error:
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AWK syntax error when the variable output has a full stop in it
I am trying to add this variable (it takes the batch job number and extracts the ID from a text file, with one ID being a new row) so that it can be inputted into the different locations as a variable....
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scr.sh: 3: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") [duplicate]
I'm doing a task, but I got an error: scr.sh: 3: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")"). When I try to run my schell script on my local computer server, it works, but on the helios ...
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What is `test ( foo )` / `[ ( foo )` in Bash?
The Bash Reference Manual mentions the following about the test / [ command:
1 argument
The expression is true if, and only if, the argument is not null.
So far so good:
$ test "foo"
$ ...
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How do I fix 'syntax error near unexpected token' when adding Homebrew to my path on Linux using this code?
I m trying to add homebrew into my path via this code
Echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv) "') >> /home/mohit/.profile
And getting this error
-bash :syntax ...
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Extract a particular field from json output using jq
I'm working a bash script to extraxt specific field from json output using jq.
USERNAME=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r '.[] | .name')
Due to jq it always fails with parse error: Invalid numeric ...
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Conditional Statement Command Syntax Error in Bash Script
I ran into a command syntax issue for a conditional statement in a script that someone else wrote. The script is as follows (truncated).
#! /bin/bash
# app_upgrade.sh
# Verify file integrity
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Syntax error while trying to generate a 2048bit long prime number
I'm trying to generate a 2048 bit long prime number, this is my code so far:
#!/bin/bash
generate_random() {
hex=$(head -c 256 /dev/urandom | xxd -p)
bc <<< "ibase=16; $hex"...
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Weird behavior of bash function definitions inside if statements with the foo(){} syntax [duplicate]
Let's start with a code that works
$ cat foo1
#!/bin/bash
foo() {
echo "I'm here";
}
foo # prints: I'm here
$ ./foo1
I'm here
$
so far so good.
Now let's introduce a syntax error
$ ...
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Parentheses inside command substitution expression
I need to get array of filenames that have .jpg or .png extensions in my bash script. For that purpose I write this command:
imagesArray=( $(ls (*.png|*.jpg)) )
which supposed to execute ls command ...
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Syntax error at beginning of command when running script
I am trying to run a script with ./insert_data.sh; and I get an error saying there is a syntax error at or near the "."
Am working in PSQL, thanks
Edit #1: My script:
#!/bin/bash
# Script ...
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