String Error

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

WHile executing a script i am getting the error - " Unterminated String". Exact display of error is as below:

awk: /BOS_TITLE/ { printf("%s", " Back Office System
awk: ^ unterminated string

What is the reason for the error and its solution?

2

It means you miss a closing quote.

3

I had written the complete statement, still it gave the same error. Thestatement that i wrote is as below:
awk '/BOS_TITLE/ { printf("%s", "'"$bos_title"'")}'

4

Try this:

awk '/BOS_TITLE/ { printf("%s", '"$bos_title"')}'

or:

awk -v var="$bos_title" '/BOS_TITLE/ { printf("%s", var )}'

Regards

5

Hi Franklin52,
the 2nd one is working..thank you so much