11-09-2006
quick sed question
hey,
Im just wondering is there away to get sed to read from a variable
eg
Quote:
$STRING="cat"
sed -e "s/cat/dog/g" "$STRING"
it doesn't seem to work, i really need to be able to recursively change the same data set...
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LORAX(1) General Commands Manual LORAX(1)
NAME
lorax - Create installer boot iso
SYNOPSIS
lorax -p PRODUCT -v VERSION -r RELEASE -s REPOSITORY OUTPUTDIR
DESCRIPTION
lorax is used to create the installer boot iso.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-V show program's version number and exit
REQUIRED ARGUMENTS
:
-p STRING, --product=STRING
product name
-v STRING, --version=STRING
version identifier
-r STRING, --release=STRING
release information
-s REPOSITORY, --source=REPOSITORY
source repository (may be listed multiple times)
OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS
:
-m REPOSITORY, --mirrorlist=REPOSITORY
mirrorlist repository (may be listed multiple times)
-t STRING, --variant=STRING
variant name
-b URL, --bugurl=URL
bug reporting URL for the product
--isfinal
-c STRING, --config=STRING
config file
--proxy=STRING
repo proxy url:port
-e STRING, --excludepkgs=STRING
package glob to exclude (may be listed multiple times)
--buildarch=STRING
build architecture
--volid=STRING
volume id
--nomacboot
--noupgrade
--logfile=LOGFILE
Path to logfile
--tmp=TMP
Top level temporary directory
AUTHORS
Martin Gracik
Will Woods
Brian C. Lane
2013-07-26 LORAX(1)