Func_args: Can't find trailing parenthesis for function 'SHELL(test -e /etc/asterisk/dialplans/

[jeroenvip]

What is wrong with this piece of code. Pulling my hair out cause I just can’t seem to find the issue.

Dialplan code

same => n,Set(ctbPromptIntro=${SHELL(test -e /etc/asterisk/dialplans/chattabai/prompts/en/${CALLERID(dnid)}.sln && echo '/etc/asterisk/dialplans/chattabai/prompts/en/${CALLERID(dnid)}.sln' || echo 'set something else here'})
same => n,Goto(ctbSessionInit,1,1)

Error

[May  3 20:41:26] WARNING[83859][C-00000027]: pbx_functions.c:460 func_args: Can't find trailing parenthesis for function 'SHELL(test -e /etc/asterisk/dialplans/chattabai/prompts/en/1.sln && echo '/etc/asterisk/dialplans/chattabai/prompts/en/1.sln' || echo 'set something else here''?
    -- Executing [1@chattabai:22] Set("PJSIP/local2-00000026", "ctbPromptIntro=set something else here
    -- ") in new stack
    -- Executing [1@chattabai:23] Goto("PJSIP/local2-00000026", "ctbSessionInit,1,1") in new stack

[MarkAtRamp51]

@jeroenvip

Set(ctbPromptIntro=${SHELL(test -e /etc/asterisk/dialplans/chattabai/prompts/en/${CALLERID(dnid)}.sln && echo '/etc/asterisk/dialplans/chattabai/prompts/en/${CALLERID(dnid)}.sln' || echo 'set something else here'})

I don’t really know anything about Asterisk. I’m here to learn. However I’ve been a programmer for 22 years. So I think I might have a valid guess: I think you need another closing parenthesis at the end of line 1. I see 4 opening parenthesis and only 3 closing parenthesis.

[MarkAtRamp51]

@jeroenvip

${SHELL(test -e /etc/asterisk/dialplans/chattabai/prompts/en/${CALLERID(dnid)}.sln && echo '/etc/asterisk/dialplans/chattabai/prompts/en/${CALLERID(dnid)}.sln' || echo 'set something else here'}

Actually it might just be needed after here'} so that it looks like here')}

Try this:

Set(ctbPromptIntro=${SHELL(test -e /etc/asterisk/dialplans/chattabai/prompts/en/${CALLERID(dnid)}.sln && echo '/etc/asterisk/dialplans/chattabai/prompts/en/${CALLERID(dnid)}.sln' || echo 'set something else here')})

[jeroenvip]

@MarkAtRamp51

here’)

Thank you very much. That was indeed the case. Asterisk dialplan code does not have any syntax checker available for my IDE.

[TheMark]

you may ant to start using this tool to help find these kind of mistakes

GitHub - ossobv/asterisklint: Asterisk PBX configuration syntax checker

[ldo]

In Emacs, when you position the cursor over a bracketing symbol (opener or closer), it highlights both brackets of the pair in green. If it cannot find a match for that bracket, it highlights it in purple.

This works in any text file; it doesn’t need any special language-specific rules for this.