Syntax error in sed command - any help

[bsekirarski]

I have syntax error in line (script is not mine and i use this script in more complex part):
SEE HERE
sed -e "s^Xtemplate^\"$fn"^g" -e "s/XXXX/$ft/g" -e "s/YYYY/$fint/g" ${gwdir}/scripts/${fld}.gs > temp.gs

NOTE
I try to gess excluding ´"´ in the midlle od ¨$fn^g¨
sed -e "s^Xtemplate^\"$fn^g" -e "s/XXXX/$ft/g" -e "s/YYYY/$fint/g" ${gwdir}/scripts/${fld}.gs > temp.gs
NO RESULT

Any help
Boris

[TinoY]

I dont know the context in wich you are using the script, but when i run it it prompts me to end a quotation. It would be best to use single quotes when surounding the expressions. However i am guessing you are using this within a bash script.

Try escaping the other ' " ' aswell. If you dont get any error message that means that the script just did not find the patterns in question.
sed -e "s^Xtemplate^\"$fn\"^g" -e "s/XXXX/$ft/g" -e "s/YYYY/$fint/g" ${gwdir}/scripts/${fld}.gs > temp.gs

You might want to try to split them into several sed commands by piping each result into the input of the other, and see if that gives you some output.

Giving the context of the script might be useful since it is hard for me to guess what it is you want to do.

[bsekirarski]

#!/bin/tcsh
#----------------------------------------------------------------
# note THIS IS A SCRIPT (IT IS CHAIN OF SCRIPTS AND IT IS RELATED TO METEOROLOGY)
# oN THE BOTTOM ARE TWO LINES WITH THEIR ORIGINALS
#
#
set gwdir = $EMS_UTIL/grads/products/kumar
set wgrib = $EMS_UTIL/bin/wgrib

#
if ( $#argv != 2 && $#argv != 3 ) then
echo
echo '*********************************************'
echo ' usage: get_plots <path to domain dir> <GrADS control file w/o path> <domain number>'
echo '*********************************************'
exit 1
endif

#
set dn=$1
set gd="$1/emsprd/grads"
set ct=$2

set no = '01'
if ($3) set no = "$3"

# Set the path/filename of the GrADS control file.
#
set fn="$gd/$2"

#
chdir $gwdir

#
echo "\n\n Running $0 to generate Web pages for domain $no\n"
# Get the necessary variables
#
set ft = `grep tdef $fn | gawk '{print $2}'`
set fx = `grep xdef $fn | gawk '{print $2}'`
set fy = `grep ydef $fn | gawk '{print $2}'`
set fint = `grep tdef $fn | gawk '{print $5}' | cut -c 1`
set gf = `grep dset $fn | sed "s/\^//g" | gawk '{print $2}'`
set gf = "$gd/$gf"

#
if (! -e "$gwdir/work") rm -fr $gwdir/work >& /dev/null
mkdir -p "$gwdir/work"
chdir $gwdir/work

foreach fld (hgt tmp)
rm -f ${fld}_flist >& /dev/null
foreach lev (925 850 700 500 300 200)
$wgrib -s $gf | grep -i ":${fld}:${lev} mb:" | $wgrib -s -nh -ncep_opn -bin -i $gf -o ${fld}_${lev}.dat >& /dev/null
echo ${fld}_${lev}.dat >> ${fld}_flist
end
echo "$fx\n$fy\n$ft" > maxmin.in
$gwdir/bin/${fld}_maxmin < maxmin.in
rm -f maxmin.in *.dat >& /dev/null
end

#
chdir "$gwdir/web"
foreach fld (prec mslp)
@ fts = $ft - 1
if ($fld == 'prec') set f = 'Total Precipitation'
if ($fld == 'mslp') set f = 'Mean Sea Level Pressure (mb)'
rm -f ${fld}.html >& /dev/null
mkdir $fld >& /dev/null
sed -e "s/BBBB/$fld/g" -e "s/XXXX/$fts/g" -e "s/YYYY/$fint/g" -e "s/ZZZZ/$f/g" templates/single_lev.html > ${fld}/${fld}.html
end

foreach fld (hght relh vvel temp rvor wind)
if ($fld == 'hght') set f = 'Height'
if ($fld == 'relh') set f = 'Relative Humidity'
if ($fld == 'vvel') set f = 'Vertical Velocity'
if ($fld == 'temp') set f = 'Temperature \(Degrees C\)'
if ($fld == 'rvor') set f = 'Relative Vorticity'
if ($fld == 'wind') set f = 'Winds \(m\/s\)'
mkdir $fld >& /dev/null
foreach lev (200 300 500 700 850 925)
rm -f ${lev}${fld}.html >& /dev/null
set fd = "${lev} hPa $f"
sed -e "s/AAAA/$lev/g" -e "s/BBBB/$fld/g" -e "s/XXXX/$ft/g" -e "s/YYYY/$fint/g" -e "s/ZZZZ/$fd/g" templates/multi_lev.html > ${fld}/${lev}${fld}.html
end
end

#
chdir "$gwdir/work"
ln -s $gwdir/scripts/cbarhov2.gs cbarhov2.gs >& /dev/null
ln -s $gwdir/scripts/colors colors >& /dev/null
foreach fld (hght temp)
if ($fld == 'hght') set fl = 'hgt'
if ($fld == 'temp') set fl = 'tmp'
set uc = `echo $fl | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'`
rm -f temp.gs temp1.gs >& /dev/null
echo " Creating Images for field: $fld"
#ORIGINAL sed -e "s^Xtemplate^\"$fn"^g" -e "s/XXXX/$ft/g" -e "s/YYYY/$fint/g" ${gwdir}/scripts/${fld}.gs > temp.gs
echo "s^Xtemplate^\\"$fn"^g" -e "s/XXXX/$ft/g" -e "s/YYYY/$fint/g" ${gwdir}/scripts/${fld}.gs > temp.gs
sed -e ´s^Xtemplate^\´$fn´^g´ -e ´s/XXXX/$ft/g´ -e ´s/YYYY/$fint/g´ ${gwdir}/scripts/${fld}.gs > temp.gs
foreach lev (200 300 500 700 850 925)
set cllab=`cat $gwdir/work/${fl}_${lev}.mnx`
sed -e "s/${lev}${uc}CLEVS/$cllab/g" temp.gs > temp1.gs
mv temp1.gs temp.gs
end
gradsc -blc temp.gs >& /dev/null
mv *.png $gwdir/web/${fld}
rm -f temp.gs >& /dev/null
end

foreach fld (relh wind vvel rvor prec mslp)
if ($fld == 'hght') set fl = 'hgt'
if ($fld == 'temp') set fl = 'tmp'
rm -f temp.gs >& /dev/null
echo " Creating Images for field: $fld"
#ORIGINAL sed -e "s^Xtemplate^\"$fn"^g" -e "s/XXXX/$ft/g" -e "s/YYYY/$fint/g" ${gwdir}/scripts/${fld}.gs > temp.gs
sed -e ´s^Xtemplate^\´$fn´^g´ -e ´s/XXXX/$ft/g´ -e ´s/YYYY/$fint/g´ ${gwdir}/scripts/${fld}.gs > temp.gs
gradsc -blc temp.gs >& /dev/null
mv *.png $gwdir/web/${fld}
rm -f temp.gs >& /dev/null
end

chdir $gwdir
rm -fr $gwdir/work >& /dev/null

set htmd = "$gd/d${no}htm";

rm -fr $htmd >& /dev/null
mkdir -p $htmd >& /dev/null
foreach fld (relh wind vvel rvor prec mslp temp hght)
cp -fr $gwdir/web/${fld} $htmd >& /dev/null
end
cp -f $gwdir/web/index.html $htmd >& /dev/null

echo "\n View the details of your model run with:\n"
echo " firefox file://$htmd/index.html\n\n"
echo " End of image generation\n\n"
exit