Hi Gisle, I've tried the following with success:
VERSION = `grep WATTCP_VER_STRING inc/tcp.h | cut -d' ' -f4 | sed -e 's/\"//g'` Gisle Vanem wrote: > I'm pulling my hairs trying to get 'sed' to work in a simple > makefile (under MingW/MSYS/Win32). I have the following in a > makefile: > > VERSION = `grep WATTCP_VER_STRING inc/tcp.h | cut -d' ' -f4` > ... > show_ver: > @echo This is version $(VERSION) > > > and '#define WATTCP_VER_STRING "2.2.11"' in inc/tcp.h. > > This produces the expected ' This is version "2.2.11"'. But I really need > an output w/o the quotes. So I tried: > VERSION = `grep WATTCP_VER_STRING inc/tcp.h | cut -d' ' -f4 | sed -e > /\\"//` > > This does not work however. Anybody can explain me why? What should > the proper command be? I'm pretty lost here. > > PS. The output from bash is: > /usr/bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``' > /usr/bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file > -- -- Juergen
