sed: Unterminated 's' command

whatis · 11-02-2009, 01:09 AM

Hi,

I am using the 'search & replace' option of the 'sed' command and I am getting the error "unterminated `s' command"

The command looks like
sed 's/default=$ORIG_COUNT/default=$COUNT/' test

where I want to change the 'default' value in the 'test' file.

Plz help!

raskin · 11-02-2009, 01:14 AM

That exact command works on my box. Note that you probably want to use double quotes, because as you posted the command is evaluated with variables not expanded. You may also want to use -i option to edit the file in-place instead of printing the result of replace command.

whatis · 11-02-2009, 02:19 AM

There was a minor mistake. The command should be

sed 's/default='$ORIG_COUNT'/default='$COUNT'/' test

It works fine! Thanks!!