[Cialug] sed question

[Adam Hill]

Run with `set -x` on, interpolation and quoting bugs can't hide from bash
debug mode.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 9:58 AM Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> What am I doing wrong here? I set two variables and then try to use them in
> a sed line to update a file. But I get "unterminated s command". I'm sure
> it's some stupid shell quoting thing.
>
> > todd:[~]> printf -v starparen "\x2A\x29"
> >
> > todd:[~]> printf -v gitrun
> '%s\n%s\n%s\x22%s\x22\n%s\x22\x24%s\x22\n%s\n\n%s' "gitlab-runner)" "
> shift" "       echo " "Running Runner" "       gitlab-runner " "{@}" "
> ;;" "     *)"
> >
> > todd:[~]> echo ${starparen}
> > *)
> >
> > todd:[~]> echo "${gitrun}"
> > gitlab-runner)
> >        shift
> >        echo "Running Runner"
> >        gitlab-runner "${@}"
> >      ;;
> >
> >      *)
> >
> > todd:[~]> sed -i.bak "s,${starparen},${gitrun},g" script.sh
> > sed: -e expression #1, char 19: unterminated 's' command
>
> Any suggestions? Any ideas about what's going awry?
>
> --
> Todd
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