using sed command to replace multiple lines

radha.kalivar · #1 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007

the file contains the follwoing lines

/*
* Copyright (C) 1995-1996 by XXX Corporation. This program
* contains proprietary and confidential information. All rights reserved
* except as may be permitted by prior written consent.
*
* $Id: xxx_err.h,v 1.10 2001/07/26 18:48:34 zzzz $
*/

in this \n can be any where inside copy right stmt.
This should be replace with the following lines
/*
* Copyright (C) 1995-2004 by YYY. All rights reserved.
* This program contains proprietary and confidential information.
*/

I tried using the following commands

past="Copyright\s.*XXX Corporation\.[:word]*consent.[\s]"

pres='* Copyright (c) 2004 by YYY. All rights reserved.\
* This program contains proprietary and confidential information.'

sed "s/$past/$pres/" $fileName > fileMod

but it is not matching with copyright stmt in the file. can somebody correct this

srikanthus2002 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007

sed "s/$past/$pres/" $fileName > fileMod

use single code '

Code:

sed "s/'$past'/'$pres'/" $fileName > fileMod

try this ...

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