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# 1  
Old 02-23-2011
Replacing string with special characters in shell
Hi,

I am trying to replace a string in shell but it is not working correctly.

Code:
@xcom.file@

needs to be replaced with
Code:
tb137

Plz help.Thx.

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Last edited by zaxxon; 02-23-2011 at 11:22 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 02-23-2011
Code:
sed 's/@xcom.file@/tb137/g' infile

If you use bash, you could also do something like this:
Code:
$> VAR="1234@xcom.file@5678@xcom.file@90"
$> echo ${VAR//@xcom.file@/tb137}
1234tb1375678tb13790

# 3  
Old 02-24-2011
modification needed
Thanks for the response Smilie
Need more modifications though.
file1:
Code:
RECLASS:@xcom.reclass.hostname@:REMOTE_SYSTEM=@xcom.reclass.remote_system@

This needs to be replaced with value of variables declared in file2:
Code:
input.xcom.reclass.hostname=tb1234
input.xcom.reclass.remote_system=tbj1234545

desired op:file1 should be:
Code:
RECLASS:tb1234:REMOTE_SYSTEM=tbj1234545

# 4  
Old 02-24-2011
Code:
awk 'NR==FNR{gsub(/input./,""); split($0,a,"=");b[a[1]]=a[2];next} {gsub(/@/,"");for (i in b) gsub(i,b[i])}1' file2 file1

# 5  
Old 03-04-2011
Appreciate your help!It works..Just that the output of awk operation is coming in a single line.From the man page of awk,I realized that gsub,split don't recognize new line characters. Is there any way that the op can be in this format?
File 1:
Code:
input.xcom.range.hostname = DUMMY
input.xcom.range.remote_system = DUMMY
input.xcom.range.userid = DUMMY
input.xcom.range.password = DUMMY
input.xcom.range.remote_file_system = DUMMY
input.xcom.reclass.hostname = tb137
input.xcom.reclass.remote_system = DUMMY
input.xcom.reclass.userid = DUMMY
input.xcom.reclass.password = DUMMY
input.xcom.reclass.remote_file_system = DUMMY

File 2:
Code:
RANGE:@xcom.range.hostname@:REMOTE_SYSTEM=@xcom.range.remote_system@  USERID=@xcom.range.password@ PASSWORD=@xcom.reclass.password@:REMOTE_FILE=@xcom.range.remote_file_system @:
RECLASS:@xcom.reclass.hostname@:REMOTE_SYSTEM=@xcom.reclass.remote_system@ USERID=@xcom.reclass.userid@ PASSWORD=@xcom.reclass.password@:REMOTE_FILE==@xcom.reclass.remote_file_system@:

Desired op is:file 2 should be:
Code:
RANGE:DUMMY:REMOTE_SYSTEM=DUMMY USERID=DUMMY PASSWORD=DUMMY:REMOTE_FILE=DUMMY:
RECLASS:tb137:REMOTE_SYSTEM=DUMMY USERID=DUMMY PASSWORD=DUMMY:REMOTE_FILE=DUMMY:

After running the command now,it comes in a single line.
Code:
RANGE:DUMMY:REMOTE_SYSTEM=DUMMY USERID=DUMMY PASSWORD=DUMMY:REMOTE_FILE=DUMY:RECLASS:tb137:REMOTE_SYSTEM=DUMMY USERID=DUMMY PASSWORD=DUMMY:REMOTE_FILE=DUMMY:

Last edited by manish72; 03-04-2011 at 05:52 AM.. Reason: corrcted format of desired op.
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