Hi guys

I am trying to append a switch to a line in an rc file, but it doesnt seem to be working:

when i run this command :

cat rc.tcpip |sed "s/syslogd "$src_running" /syslogd "$src_running" "-N" /"
it still reads:
start /usr/sbin/syslogd "$src_running"

Any ideas - I've tried every combination of syntax I know?? Or should I not be using sed ?

Thanks

Try

or

I still makes no change :

sed 's/syslogd $src_running /$src_running "-N" /g' rc.tcpip > ./temp
outputs:
start /usr/sbin/syslogd "$src_running"

i need it to read:
start /usr/sbin/syslogd "$src_running" "-N"

if this doesn't solve your problem can you show me your input file?

Hi

its still not working !! i've been scratching my head all day over it !

Here is a part of the rc.tcpip file - just the one line needs changed:
# Start up syslog daemon (for error and event logging)
start /usr/sbin/syslogd "$src_running"

# Start up print daemon
#start /usr/sbin/lpd "$src_running"

# Start up routing daemon (only start ONE)
#start /usr/sbin/routed "$src_running" -q
#start /usr/sbin/gated "$src_running"


And I used your command:

sed 's/syslogd \"\$src_running\" /& "-N"/' rc.tcpip > ./temp
root > cat temp|grep -i syslogd
start /usr/sbin/syslogd "$src_running"

In your code there is a space. Just remove the space and use.
Now it should work.