sed query

gopsman · #1 (**permalink**) 05-14-2007

hi
i had posted this earlier.. got no reply !!
how to change assigned value in a file using sed
suppose the file contains
age = 30;

how to change it to
age =50;

i tried sed 's/^age*./age =50;' filename but i am getting the o/p as

age =50; 30;

plz hlp!!

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 05-14-2007

's/^age = 30/age =50;/'

You must have gotten an error form sed because the command was missing the ending /

kahuna · #3 (**permalink**) 05-14-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by gopsman

i tried sed 's/^age*./age =50;' filename but i am getting the o/p as

I think asterisk and period are reversed. Try

Code:

sed 's/^age.*/age =50;/' filename

gopsman · #4 (**permalink**) 05-14-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by kahuna

I think asterisk and period are reversed. Try

Code:

sed 's/^age.*/age =50;/' filename

hi thnks tht worked!!

tanyaheerani · #5 (**permalink**) 02-03-2009

How to post a query in this forum.
please help

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