Replace a line in a file with sed

mtech3 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008

Hi, I am trying to write a script that will replace "PermitEmptyPasswords yes" with "PermitEmptyPasswords no". The following does not seem to work: -

sed 's!/"PermitEmptyPasswords yes"/!/"PermitEmptyPasswords no"/!'

Appreciate any ideas.

Thanks

anup_puna · #2 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008

Try this.Hopefully this should work

sed 's/PermitEmptyPasswords yes:/PermitEmptyPasswords no/g' file1 > file2

mtech3 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-11-2008

Thanks for that Anup, much appreciated.

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