Unix shell bash script unable to put an echo debug statement - shell

Question

I have the following make file, which i think is a shell script.
I am trying to loop through FILE_DIR to perform some operations. However, i feel that the implementation isn't working as expected. So i am trying to insert some echo breakpoints.
Source:
# Target to recurse through the DIR_LIST and make each makefile found in that DIRS
ALLDIRS:
for se in $(FILE_DIR); do \
if [ -d $se ]; then \
cd $se; \
$(MAKE) -f Makefile.mk all; \
cd ..; \
fi \
done
Running:
$ make -f Makefile.batch
h: syntax error at line 3: `then' unexpected
*** Error code 2
The following command caused the error:
for se in `ls -p /app/internal|grep "/"`; do \
echo "Test" \
if [ -d e ]; then \
cd e; \
/usr/ccs/bin/make -f Makefile.mk all; \
cd ..; \
fi \
done
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ALLDIRS'
Can i please get help on this. Would like to insert an echo breakpoint.

Answer 1

One common error in Makefiles is using spaces instead of tabs in a command line. Check the whole for loop and make sure there are only tabs at the beginning of each line
ALLDIRS:
<tab>for se in $(FILE_DIR); do \
<tab><tab>if [ -d $se ]; then \
<tab><tab>cd $se; \
<tab><tab>$(MAKE) -f Makefile.mk all; \
<tab><tab>cd ..; \
<tab><tab>fi \
<tab>done
Another error is the dollar sign $. If you want a dollar sign in the shell command, you must double it in your commands, because otherwise dollar introduces a make variable and will be expanded before the shell sees it.
for se in $(FILE_DIR); do \
if [ -d $$se ]; then \
cd $$se; \
$(MAKE) -f Makefile.mk all; \
cd ..; \
fi \
done
And the final one, echo Test needs a semicolon as well
for se in $(FILE_DIR); do \
if [ -d $$se ]; then \
echo "Test"; \
cd $$se; \
...