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# 8  
Old 12-01-2011
No.... Now the whole sed is not working... any other options? like with awk?
# 9  
Old 12-01-2011
can u show us the cmd u used and error it showed??
# 10  
Old 12-01-2011
Code:
sed i "/<group>/{G;G;}/" odcm.xml.

Since we cannot use -i for sed. When i'm not using the i option, its giving the result only in STDOUT, whereas when I use the i option with, i'm getting an error like:
Code:
'sed: Function i cannot be parsed.'

Last edited by Scott; 12-01-2011 at 09:22 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 11  
Old 12-01-2011
sed -i ..., not sed i ....
# 12  
Old 12-01-2011
when i give the following command using sed -i giving an error like this:
Code:
sed: illegal option -- i
Usage: sed [-n] [-e script] [-f source_file] [file...]

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Code:
sed -i "/<group>/{G;G;}/" odcm.xml:

This is the command i'm running.. without -i/i i'm getting the desired solution at the STDOUT, but i wanted to get the odcm.xml updated with the result...
Last edited by Scott; 12-01-2011 at 09:24 AM.. Reason: Use code tags, please...
# 13  
Old 12-01-2011
Then you'll need to use a temporary file, e.g.
Code:
sed 'stuff' odcm.xml > tempfile
mv tempfile odcm.xml

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# 14  
Old 12-01-2011
Yes..datz de only way... I was trying out to do it without a temporary file.. It seems we can't get it done without temp file... Anywayz thanks all.... Smilie
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