If it only fails on one list, then it must be a problem with the list? Perhaps $name is populated with an invalid set of characters?
On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 9:41 AM Michael Ewan <[email protected]> wrote: > 's' is the substitute, character 24 is the '$', I am not sure why that is > giving you an error, but check if $name is weird on that one msg file. > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 9:35 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I've a short script with this sed statement: > > sed "s/NAME_GOES_HERE/$name/" msg | mailx -s "<title>" $addr > > > > It's applied to three lists, but on only one list does it produce this > > error: > > sed: -e expression #1, char 24: unknown option to `s' > > > > The messages go out and there's no `s' at character position 24 so I'm > > puzzled why I see that message. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Rich > > >
