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Old 04-10-2014
Storing a variable using sed
I would like to use sed to store a variable.

The code is :
Code:
      echo $HEADERREC
      CUTVAR=$(echo "$HEADERREC"|sed 's/SDV/STR')
      echo $CUTVAR

Output I am getting now:
Code:
0012PVGRSCDVSDV 005 00000000000000000000 2014 0.00
sed: Function s/SDV/STR cannot be parsed.

Desired Output:
Code:
0012PVGRSCDVSDV 005 00000000000000000000 2014 0.00
0012PVGRSCDVSTR 005 00000000000000000000 2014 0.00

Thanks for your help!
# 2  
Old 04-10-2014
Code:
s/SDV/STR/

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# 3  
Old 04-10-2014
Thanks vgersh99! Always the simplest mistakes!
# 4  
Old 04-10-2014
Hi,
Why use sed ?
Code:
$ echo $HEADERREC
0012PVGRSCDVSDV 005 00000000000000000000 2014 0.00
$ CUTVAR=${HEADERREC/SDV/STR}
$ echo $CUTVAR
0012PVGRSCDVSTR 005 00000000000000000000 2014 0.00

Regards.
# 5  
Old 04-10-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by disedorgue
Hi,
Why use sed ?
Code:
$ echo $HEADERREC
0012PVGRSCDVSDV 005 00000000000000000000 2014 0.00
$ CUTVAR=${HEADERREC/SDV/STR}
$ echo $CUTVAR
0012PVGRSCDVSTR 005 00000000000000000000 2014 0.00

Regards.
only if you have bash or maybe ksh93 (not sure about the latter)...
# 6  
Old 04-10-2014
It's true, work with bash or ksh93 but not work with ksh88...
I should have specified this.

Regards.
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