Error Message Help

[phernand]

I keep getting this error message when i try to run one of my script

test4: line 9: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
test4: line 9: ` *) echo $k ;; '

I have been trying for hours to fix this but nothing seems to work. What can i do to fix this??

[lakerdonald]

Can you paste your script?

[phernand]

Yeah sure

##test4
for k in `echo $*`
do
case $k in
[1-9]*) echo $k | tr [1-9][0-8] ;;
[a-f]*) echo $k | tr [a-e][U-Y] ;;
[U-Z]*) echo $k | tr [U-Z][L-Q] ;;
[i-k]*) echo "Hey"
*) echo $k ;;
esac
done


(THIS IS NOT HW)

[Santa's little helper]

You forgot to put ;; in the Hey line.

[phernand]

Thanks for help..I typed the ;; after hey and got this message

tr: two strings must be given when translating unused

not sure if this is an error message or not but oh well

Thanks for the help guys

[lakerdonald]

You should be putting spaces between the [foo-bar][baz-blech] commands in 'tr'.
so, for example, instead of:

 [U-Z]*) echo $k | tr [U-Z][L-Q] ;;

do

 [U-Z]*) echo $k | tr [U-Z] [L-Q] ;;