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BASH -- sed -- variable
Post 302188549 by Imajean on Wednesday 23rd of April 2008 08:18:03 PM
04-23-2008
BASH -- sed -- variable
Hi, I'm new at bash scripting -- can anyone here help me about the sed command?
I need to be able to edit and or delete a text from an outside file ie file.txt -- I'm passing a variable and not a string
I was thinking of something like
echo -n "What do you want to edit?: "
read edit
sed -e '$edit' file.txt
??? thanks in advance!!!
I need to be able to edit and or delete a text from an outside file ie file.txt -- I'm passing a variable and not a string
I was thinking of something like
echo -n "What do you want to edit?: "
read edit
sed -e '$edit' file.txt
??? thanks in advance!!!
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cdbs-edit-patch - create or edit a CDBS simple-patchsys.mk patch SYNOPSIS
cdbs-edit-patch patchname DESCRIPTION
cdbs-edit-patch creates or edits patches for use by the CDBS simple-patchsys.mk patch system. For more information about CDBS please see the documentation under /usr/share/doc/cdbs/. When patchname exists, cdbs-edit-patch will set up a temporary working source tree, apply all patches up to and including patchname in lex- icographic order, and spawn an interactive shell for the developer. The developer can then edit files in this working tree. When the developer is done and exits the shell, cdbs-edit-patch updates patchname to reflect the changes made. To abort the process from the inter- active shell, exit with a nonzero exit value. When patchname does not exist, cdbs-edit-patch will assume that a new patch should be created. As with the above scenario, cdbs-edit-patch will first create a temporary working source tree and apply all patches up to the new patch in lexicographic order. When the shell is quit, cdbs-edit-patch will create patchname. AUTHOR
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