#ServerName www.example.com:80

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Originally Posted by figaro When installing apache22, in the file httpd.conf the following line Code: #ServerName www.example.com:80 needs to be replaced commonly by Code: ServerName localhost:80 I tried using the following Code: sed -i 's/#ServerName www.example.com:80/ServerName localhost:80/' \ /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf but the error message was: Code: sed: 1: "/usr/local/etc/apache22 ...": extra characters at the end of l command and the substitution was not made. What is the correct sed command to achieve the substitution?

First, don't use the -i option to sed without giving a backup extension, especially when you are having problems with it.

Second, there is nothing wrong with your sed command (unless you are using a sed which doesn't support -i or a *BSD sed which requires a backup extension with -i).

sed -i '' -e 's/#ServerName www.example.com:80/ServerName localhost:80/' /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf