$ debian/rules get-orig-source cd ../ && \ version=<\/upstream-version>.*/\1/p') && \ tar -xvzf genpo-.tar.gz && \ rm -f genpo-/organs/BigFrench.org \ genpo-/organs/Campbells_Harpsichrd.org && \ tar -cvf genpo- genpo_.orig.tar.gz && \ rm -rf genpo-/ /bin/sh: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string make: *** [get-orig-source] Error 2 $ version=$(uscan --force-download --dehs | sed -n 's/.*\(.*\)<\/upstream-version>.*/\1/p') $ echo $version 0.9.6 The rules file get-orig-source: cd ../ && \ version=$(uscan --force-download --dehs | sed -n 's/.*\(.*\)<\/upstream-version>.*/\1/p') && \ tar -xvzf genpo-${version}.tar.gz && \ rm -f genpo-${version}/organs/BigFrench.org \ genpo-${version}/organs/Campbells_Harpsichrd.org && \ tar -cvf genpo-${version} genpo_${version}.orig.tar.gz && \ rm -rf genpo-${version}/