Hi All,

I have a file 'test.sh' on a remote server that contains sed command:

NEWSCRIPTDIR=`echo $SCRIPTDIR | sed 's:'$IAP_BATCH_PATH':'$IAP_DATA_PATH':'`

I am executing this script from another server by doing ssh:

ssh @server /path/test.sh

However, the sed command in test.sh script is not replacing the string and throwing the error "sed: -e expression #1, char 0: no previous regular expression line 17: /COMMON/envParams.sh: No such file or directory"

When i execute the test.sh script on the remote server itself,the sed command is working fine.

kindly assist.

I have to say: no, sed is working. This line cannot produce that error message.

I would echo the values of SCRIPTDIR, IAP_BATCH_PATH and IAP_DATA_PATH to gain clarity. They may contain characters that make sed stumble.

Also a suggestion: Put the sed expression in double quotes to avoid mistakes from overly complicated string concatenations, and from white space or other special characters in the shell variables.