Shell Script Syntax Error Unexpected End of File

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In the following script I get an error       syntax error  unexpected end of file   What is this error how can I resove it  It is pointing at the line whee the function is called      bin sh  expected diskusage  264  expected dbconn  25  expected httpdconn  20  expected cpuusage  95   expected fd  100   httpdconn  ps -ef grep -i httpd grep -v grep wc -l   httpd connections cpu usage  ps aux awk  NR  gt  0   s    3    END  print s    disk usage  df -h awk   print  2   head -n3 awk  NF s  0 END print s     db connections  mysql -uroot -pexxxxxx -s -N -e  show processlist  wc -l   db connections 6 cld alert         nwconn  1     cpu usage  2     disk usage  3     db connections  4     message  5      touch  tmp alert txt  amp  amp   gt   tmp alert txt      date  date      echo -e   date n   gt   tmp alert txt     echo -e   message   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     path   proc  httpd fd        cd  path     tfd  ls -l wc -l       sfd  ls -ltr grep sock wc -l       echo  Total fds   tfd   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     echo  Socket fds   sfd   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     echo  Other fds     tfd -  sfd    gt  gt   tmp alert txt       freememory  vmstat   awk   if  NR    3  print  Free Memory    4         echo  Free memory   freememory   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     Bufferedmemory  vmstat   awk   if  NR    3  print  Buffered Memory    5         echo  Buffered memory  Bufferedmemory   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     CacheMemory  vmstat   awk   if  NR    3  print  Cache Memory    6         echo  Cache memory    CacheMemory   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     sshconn  netstat -an grep 22 wc -l    ssh connections     httpsconn  netstat -an grep 443 wc -l    https connections     wwwconn  netstat -an grep 80 wc -l    www connections     echo  Disk usage is  disk usage   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     echo  DB connections  db connections   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     echo  Network connections  nwconn   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     echo  CPU Usage   cpu usage   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     topsnapshot  top -n 1 -b      echo                             TOP COMMAND    SNAPSHOT                                                           echo   topsnapshot   gt  gt   tmp alert txt     echo                   PS COMMAND SNAPSHOT                                                                    entireprocesslist  ps -ef      echo   entireprocesslist   gt  gt   tmp alert txt       echo Hello hi          message    if     disk usage    -le  expected diskusage         x    Removes last character then     echo  disk usage exceeded       message  Disk usage limit exceeded  nCurrent disk usage is  disk usage nConfigured disk usage is     expected diskusage n n n n n        Checking for CPU usage     if    cpu usage -ge  expected cpuusage        x        then         echo  CPU usage exceeded           if    message -ne              then             message   message n nCPU usage exceeded configured usage limit  nCurrent CPU usage is  cpu usage nConfigured CPU usage is  expected cpuusage n n n n n           else             message  CPU usage exceeded configured usage limit  nCurrent CPU usage is    cpu usage nConfigured CPU usage is  expected cpuusage n n n n n           fi       fi      Checking for httpd connections     if    httpdconn -ge  expected httpdconn        x        then         echo  HTTPD connections exceeded           if    message -ne              then             message   message n nHTTPD connections exceeded configured usage limit  nCurrent HTTPD connections is  httpdconn nConfigured HTTPD connection is  expected httpdconn           else             message  HTTPD connections exceeded configured usage limit  nCurrent HTTPD connections is  httpdconn nConfigured HTTPD connection is  expected httpdconn           fi       fi       message   message n n n n n       value   cld alert  message  httpdconn  cpu usage  disk usage  db connections

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Edit  Note that the original post has been edited since this answer was written and has been reformatted  You should look at the history to see the original formatting to understand the context for this answer   This error occurs often when you have mismatched structure - that is  you do not have matching double quotes  matching single quotes  have not closed a control structure such as a missing fi with an if  or a missing done with a for   The best way to spot these is to use correct indentation  which will show you where you have a broken control structure  and syntax highlighting  which will show you where quotes are not matched   In this particular case  I can see you are missing a fi  In the latter part of your code  you have 5 ifs and 4 fis  However you also have a number of other problems - your backquoted touch  tmp alert txt    command is syntactically invalid  and you need a space before the closing bracket of an if test   Clean up your code  and errors start to stand out

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You ve got an unclosed quote  brace  bracket  if  loop  or something   If you can t see it just by looking  I d recommend a syntax colouring editor and a neat indentation style   take a copy of the script  and delete half of it  cutting it of somewhere that ought to be valid  If the script runs  as far as it can  then the problem is in the other half  Repeat until you ve narrowed down the problem

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I have found that this is sometimes caused by running a MS Dos version of a file   If that s the case dos2ux should fix that   dos2ux file1  gt  file2

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in my case the issue was in the EOL Conversion   End Of Line    i created the file on windows and only after i converted the EOL from windows CR LF  to unix LF   everything went well   I did the conversion with Notepad   very easily from  Edit -  EOL Conversion -  Unix LF

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I have encountered the same error while trying to execute a script file created in windows OS using textpad  so that one can select proper file format like unix mac etc   or recreate the script in linux iteself

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Unrelated to the OP s problem  but my issue was that I m a noob shell scripter   All the other languages I ve used require parentheses to invoke methods  whereas shell doesn t seem to like that   function do something         do stuff here      bad do something      works do something

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It can also be caused by piping out of a pair of curly braces on a line   This fails      usr local bin mycommand   outputstatus       gt  gt   var log mycommand log 2 gt  amp 1h do something  Get NOW that saved output status for the following    invocation sh -c  exit  outputstatus  do something more   while this is allowed         usr local bin mycommand    outputstatus       gt  gt   var log mycommand log 2 gt  amp 1h do something  Get NOW that saved output status for the following    invocation sh -c  exit  outputstatus  do something more

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Helpful post  I found that my error was using else if instead of elif like so   if   -z   VARIABLE1     then       do stuff else if   -z   VARIABLE2     then       do other stuff fi   Fixed it by changing to this   if   -z   VARIABLE1     then       do stuff elif   -z   VARIABLE2     then       do other stuff fi

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In my case  I found that placing a here document  like sqplus      lt  lt  EOF  statements indented also raise the same error as shown below     dbuser case ksh  line 25  syntax error  unexpected end of file   So after removing the indentation for this  then it went fine   Hope it helps

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Indentation when using a block can cause this error and is very hard to find    if     -d  var lib mysql mysql    then     usr bin mysql --protocol socket --user root  lt  lt  EOSQL         SET   SESSION SQL LOG BIN 0          CREATE USER  root          EOSQL fi      Example above will cause an error because EOSQL is indented  Remove indentation as shown below  Posting this because it took me over an hour to figure out the error   if     -d  var lib mysql mysql    then     usr bin mysql --protocol socket --user root  lt  lt  EOSQL         SET   SESSION SQL LOG BIN 0          CREATE USER  root       EOSQL fi

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echo quot                   PS COMMAND SNAPSHOT                                                               quot   needs to be echo  quot                   PS COMMAND SNAPSHOT                                                               quot   Else  a program or command named echo quot        is searched  more problems  If you do a grep  -A1    1 line context  grep -A1  quot if  quot  cldtest sh   you find some embedded ifs  and 4 if then blocks  grep  quot fi  quot  cldtest sh   only reveals 3 matching fi statements  So you forgot one fi too  I agree with camh  that correct indentation from the beginning helps to avoid such errors  Finding the desired way later means double work in such spaghetti code

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I had this problem when running some script in cygwin  Fixed by running dos2unix on the script  with proper description of problem and solution given in that answer

[shell] Shell Script Syntax Error: Unexpected End of File

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