Hi

I am new to shell scripting so I might be missing something obvious

Could you please help me understand what I am missing in following script?

I don't think I am missing any quotes

./ab1
How many counters to inspect?
^C
root@abcd:~# bash -nv ab1
#!/bin/bash
echo "How many counters to inspect?"
read NO_CNTRS_TO_INSPECT
i=1
while [ $i -le $NO_CNTRS_TO_INSPECT ]
do
echo "Which Counter to inspect?"
read CNTR_TO_INSPECT$i
#echo CNTR_TO_INSPECT$i
((i++))
done
echo "Which showtech do you want to inspect?"
read SHOWTECH_TO_INSPECT
#egrep -i "== clock|$CNTR_TO_INSPECT" $SHOWTECH_TO_INSPECT



if [ $NO_CNTRS_TO_INSPECT==1 ]
then
egrep -i "== clock|$2|$SHOWTECH_TO_INSPECT

else
if [ $NO_CNTRS_TO_INSPECT==2 ]
then
egrep -i "== clock|$2|$3|$SHOWTECH_TO_INSPECT"
else
echo "max 2"
fi
fi

ab1: line 27: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
ab1: line 31: syntax error: unexpected end of file

You missed it here

by the way what are you trying to achieve by this script ? There are few mistakes in the script which need to fix before run it.

thank you

Actually I GUESS i didn't copy paste correctly

script still doesn't work

#!/bin/bash
echo "How many counters to inspect?"
read NO_CNTRS_TO_INSPECT
i=1
while [ $i -le $NO_CNTRS_TO_INSPECT ]
do
echo "Which Counter to inspect?"
read CNTR_TO_INSPECT$i
#echo CNTR_TO_INSPECT$i
((i++))
done
echo "Which showtech do you want to inspect?"
read SHOWTECH_TO_INSPECT
#egrep -i "== clock|$CNTR_TO_INSPECT" $SHOWTECH_TO_INSPECT



if [ $NO_CNTRS_TO_INSPECT==1 ]
then
egrep -i "== clock|$2|$SHOWTECH_TO_INSPECT”

else
if [ $NO_CNTRS_TO_INSPECT==2 ]
then
egrep -i "== clock|$2|$3|$SHOWTECH_TO_INSPECT"
else
echo "max 2"
fi
fi

..Just experimenting on finding deltas from a network device stat file

thank you!

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I am curious as to what either egrep line is trying to achieve? You appear to be grepping nothing.

I am curious as to what the OP wants to achieve with his/her script!