04-04-2002
variables use upper case? sed : output to the same file?
Hi,
Q1: are the variables in shell script usually UPPER CASE?
Q2: can sed output to the same file that it's using it?
eg. cat sameFile | sed 's/here/there/g' > sameFile ?
I expect the sed replace all "here" to "there" and change it in sameFile.
i tried that one, the sameFile is empty after the command, why?
thks
Gusla
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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
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DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
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Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
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