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I'm getting this error msg:

m4:myPerlScript.pl:77: ERROR: end of file in string

when trying to use m4 to replace a string in some perl scripts. I'm making the call inside a makefile.

$(OUTDIR)/%:    %.pl

        m4 blah/thing.m4 $< > $@

        chmod +x $@

i made sure that thing.m4 exists and is in the right place.

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answered 2 Years ago losbu · Accepted Answer

It turned out that m4 was erring because of its sensitivity to quotes. I added changequote() to the replacing .m4 file.

It was also necessary to use the -P switch to avoid matching m4 key words, and add m4_dnl to each line.