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Error using sed.

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I am trying to delete any line of text that contains "$npname" and the word "in." The script works if $npname is only one word, but if it is more than one work I get "error: unterminated address regex" How can I fix this?

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sed '/'$npname'.*in/d' parts.txt > parts.tmp
sed '/'$npname'.*in/d' parts.txt > parts.tmp

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Why not use grep ?

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sk@svn:/tmp/daniweb$ npname="part"
sk@svn:/tmp/daniweb$ egrep -vi ".*${npname}.*in.*" parts.txt
sk@svn:/tmp/daniweb$ npname="part part"
sk@svn:/tmp/daniweb$ egrep -vi ".*${npname}.*in.*" parts.txt
part1.in
part3.in
sk@svn:/tmp/daniweb$ cat parts.txt
part1.in
part part.in
part3.in
sk@svn:/tmp/daniweb$ npname="part"
sk@svn:/tmp/daniweb$ egrep -vi ".*${npname}.*in.*" parts.txt
sk@svn:/tmp/daniweb$ npname="part part"
sk@svn:/tmp/daniweb$ egrep -vi ".*${npname}.*in.*" parts.txt
part1.in
part3.in
sk@svn:/tmp/daniweb$ cat parts.txt
part1.in
part part.in
part3.in

Scott Knake
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Apex Software, Inc.

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Originally Posted by Mattpd

I am trying to delete any line of text that contains "$npname" and the word "in." The script works if $npname is only one word, but if it is more than one work I get "error: unterminated address regex" How can I fix this?
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sed '/'$npname'.*in/d' parts.txt > parts.tmp
sed '/'$npname'.*in/d' parts.txt > parts.tmp

It makes a difference the quotation scheme.

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sed "/$npname.*in/d" parts.txt > parts.tmp

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