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06-22-2009

Steve_altius Steve_altius is offline

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Using sed to substitute between quotes.

I'm using sed to perform a simply search and replace. The typical data is:

Code:

<fig><image href="Graphics/BAV.gif" align="left" placement="break"

I need to replace the value in the first set of quotes, keeping the remainder of the line the same. Thus:

Code:

<fig><image href="NEW_VALUE" align="left" placement="break"

I've tried the following, and variations, but not quite getting the desired result.

Code:

sed -e 's/image href=\".*\"/\""$NEW_VALUE"\"/'

My output indicates that all the line, up to the final quote, is getting substituted:

Code:

<fig><"NEW_VALUE"

I'd be grateful for any help.

Thanks.

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