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#1 2012-12-24 00:14:25

Gullible Jones
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Registered: 2004-12-29
Posts: 4,863

bash: "unexpected end of file" how?

I am attempting to write a simple pipe menu generator for Openbox, which lists files and directories, and lets you open a shell in a listed directory if you want. It's written in bash, and looks like this:

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#!/bin/sh                                                                       
# dirpipe.sh: generates an Openbox pipe menu of directories                     

terminal="uxterm"
user_shell="/bin/bash"
self="$0"
current_dir="$1"
if [ ! $current_dir ]; then current_dir="$HOME"


echo "<openbox_pipe_menu>"
cat <<END                                                                       
<item label="Shell here..."><action name="execute"><execute>$terminal -e "cd $c\
urrent_dir && $user_shell"</execute></action></item>                            
<separator/>                                                                    
END                                                                             
for $i in `ls $current_dir`; do
        if [ -d $i ]; then
            cat <<END                                                           
<item label="$i execute="$self $i"/>                                            
END                                                                             
        else
            cat <<END                                                           
<item label="$i"/>                                                              
END                                                                             
        fi
done
echo "</openbox_pipe_menu>"

The above is verbatim. There are no indentation issues, no Windows-style carriage returns, and no missing "fi" statements. Yet on running it, I get this:

./dirpipe.sh: line 28: syntax error: unexpected end of file

I have been trying to coax a more useful error message out of bash, and so far I have failed. I still have no idea where I screwed up. What am I doing wrong here?

Last edited by Gullible Jones (2012-12-24 00:14:44)

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#2 2012-12-24 00:26:08

jasonwryan
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Re: bash: "unexpected end of file" how?

Gullible Jones wrote:

...and no missing "fi" statements

if [ ! $current_dir ]; then current_dir="$HOME"

I don't see a fi for this...


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#3 2012-12-24 01:04:37

Gullible Jones
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Posts: 4,863

Re: bash: "unexpected end of file" how?

Gah! Thank you very much. sad

Edit: also found several other bugs, which are now fixed. Will post final version in the Contributions section.

Edit 2: or not! I'm sorry, the above is extremely bug ridden. I will do my best to correct the issues I see...

Last edited by Gullible Jones (2012-12-24 01:19:13)

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#4 2012-12-24 15:22:58

Gullible Jones
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Registered: 2004-12-29
Posts: 4,863

Re: bash: "unexpected end of file" how?

And come the morning, all the problems become obvious...

I'll post this in Community Contributions now that it works correctly. Again, thank you!

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