unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'

Question

I am writing a script which has command to execute as below:

cat /abc | grep -v ^# | grep -i root  | sed -e '\''s/"//g'\'' | awk '\''{print $2}'\''

When running the script on SunOS, i am getting below error:

test: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
test: line 3: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Tried with different option.. but no luck.

Need somebody help me identify what is missing in the above command.

Answer 1

what are those escapes ?!

cat /abc | grep -v '^#' | grep -i root | sed -e '\''s/"//g'\'' | awk '\''{print $2}'\''
                                                 ^         ^          ^             ^

Your problem is there:

sed -e '\''s/"//g'\''
             ^ unmatched