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Old 09-13-2006
replace a string with content from another file

Hi,
I'm a newbi in shell script. Here what I want to do:

FileA:
bor bor bor
xxxx
bib bib bi

FileB:

something something
something

I want to replace string "xxxx" in FileA with contents of FileB.
i tried with sed:

fileb=`cat FileB`
reg=xxxx
file=FileA

sed -e "s+$reg+$fileb+g" $file

but it said:
sed: Function s+reg+ cannot be parsed.

thanks,
 

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UNW_IS_FPREG(3) 					       Programming Library						   UNW_IS_FPREG(3)

NAME
unw_is_fpreg -- check if a register is a floating-point register SYNOPSIS
#include <libunwind.h> int unw_is_fpreg(unw_regnum_t reg); DESCRIPTION
The unw_is_fpreg() routine checks whether register number reg is a floating-point register. This routine is normally implemented as a macro and applications should not attempt to take its address. RETURN VALUE
The unw_is_fpreg() routine returns a non-zero value if reg is a floating-point register. Otherwise, it returns a value of 0. THREAD AND SIGNAL SAFETY
unw_is_fpreg() is thread-safe as well as safe to use from a signal handler. SEE ALSO
libunwind(3), unw_get_reg(3), unw_set_reg(3), unw_get_fpreg(3), unw_set_fpreg(3) AUTHOR
David Mosberger-Tang Email: dmosberger@gmail.com WWW: http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/. Programming Library 16 August 2007 UNW_IS_FPREG(3)
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