Take the 2-minute tour ×
Unix & Linux Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for users of Linux, FreeBSD and other Un*x-like operating systems.. It's 100% free, no registration required.

I just wrote a bash script (im a Newbie to shell-scripting ;) ) and always getting this EOF-Error. So here is my script (only works on OS X):

#!/bin/bash

#DEFINITIONS BEGIN
en_sq() {
    echo -e "Enabling smart quotes..."
    defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled -bool true
    status=$(defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled -bool)
            if [ "$status" = "1" ]
                then
                    echo -e "Success! Smart quotes are now enabled."
                    SUCCESS="TRUE"
            else
                echo -e "Sorry, an error occured. Try again."
            fi
}
di_sq() {
    echo -e "Disabling smart quotes..."
    defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled -bool false
    status=$(defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled -bool)
            if [ "$status" = "0" ]
                then
                    echo -e "Success! Smart quotes are now disabled."
                    SUCCESS="TRUE"
            else
                echo -e "Sorry, an error occured. Try again."
            fi
}
en_sd() {
    echo -e "Enabling smart dashes..."
    defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled -bool true
    status=$(defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled -bool)
            if [ "$status" = "1" ]
                then
                    echo -e "Success! Smart dashes are now enabled."
                    SUCCESS="TRUE"
            else
                echo -e "Sorry, an error occured. Try again."
            fi
}
di_sd() {
    echo -e "Enabling smart dashes..."
    defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled -bool false
    status=$(defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled -bool)
            if [ "$status" = "0" ]
                then
                    echo -e "Success! Smart dashes are now disabled."
                    SUCCESS="TRUE"
            else
                echo -e "Sorry, an error occured. Try again."
            fi
}
#DEFINITIONS END
#---------------

#BEGIN OF CODE with properties
#This is only terminated if the user entered properties (eg ./sqd.sh 1 1)
if [ "$1" = "1" ]
    then
        en_sq
    elif [ "$1" = "0" ]
        then
            di_sq
fi

if [ "$2" = "1" ]
    then
        en_sd
        #exit 0 if both, $1 and $2 are correct entered and processed.
        exit 0
    elif [ "$1" = "0" ]
        then
            di_sd
            #exit 0 if both, $1 and $2 are correct entered and processed.
            exit 0
fi
#END OF CODE with properties
#---------------------------


#BEGIN OF CODE without properties
#This is terminated if the user didn't enter two properties
echo -e "\n\n\n\n\nINFO: You can use this command as following: $0 x y, while x and y can be either 0 for false or 1 for true."
echo -e "x is for the smart quotes, y for the smart dashes."
sleep 1
echo -e " \n Reading preferences...\n"
status=$(defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled -bool)
if [ "$status" = "1" ]
    then
        echo -e "Smart quotes are enabled."
    elif [ "$status" = "0" ]
    then
        echo -e "Smart quotes are disabled."

    else
        echo -e "Sorry, an error occured. You have to run this on OS X""
fi

status=$(defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled -bool)
if [ "$status" = "1" ]
    then
        echo -e "Smart dashes are enabled."
    elif [ "$status" = "0" ]
    then
        echo -e "Smart dashes are disabled."

    else
        echo -e "Sorry, an error occured. You have to run this on OS X!"
fi

sleep 3
echo -e "\n\n You can now enable or disable smart quotes."

until [ "$SUCCESS" = "TRUE" ]
do
echo -e "Enter e for enable or d for disable:"
read sq

if [ "$sq" = "e" ]
    then
        en_sq
    elif [ "$sq" = "d" ]
        then
            di_sq
    else
        echo -e "\n\n ERROR! Please enter e for enable or d for disable!"
fi
done
SUCCESS="FALSE"

echo -e "\n\n You can now enable or disable smart dashes."

until [ "$SUCCESS" = "TRUE" ]
do
echo -e "Enter e for enable or d for disable:"
read sq

if [ "$sd" = "e" ]
    then
        en_sd
    elif [ "$sd" = "d" ]
        then
            di_sd
    else
        echo -e "\n\n ERROR! Please enter e for enable or d for disable!"
fi
done

And here is my error:

./coding.sh: line 144: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
./coding.sh: line 147: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Thanks in advance for your help!

share|improve this question

1 Answer 1

up vote 3 down vote accepted

You can see your problem if you just look at your question. Note how the syntax highlighting is screwed up after line 95:

echo -e "Sorry, an error occurred. You have to run this on OS X""

As the error message tells you, you have an unmatched ". Just remove the extra " from the line above and you should be fine:

echo -e "Sorry, an error occurred. You have to run this on OS X"
share|improve this answer
    
Thank you very much, I searched for something like this for half an hour but couldn't find it! I can't upvote you yet, but thanks! –  SimMac Sep 8 '14 at 18:32

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.