Hi,
Iam doing the following using sed in a script , it is NOT working
line_old= 3754|Yes|Yes
line_new= 3754|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes
sed -e 's/$line_old/$line_new/' data.$$ > tmp.$$
mv tmp.$$ data.$$
Regards (5 Replies)
I am working on sed ... to replace a string... but not able to save.
i need to repalce a string in httpd.conf in numerous directories.
I am doing this
find /opt/apache/*/conf/ -name httpd.conf -exec sed 's/LogLevel debug/LogLevel error/g' {} \;
even tried with
find... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
Need some assistance n my script.
My file is LBXBC040904071724 and output should be LBX0904071704
tempFile=`echo $file | cut -c 4-7`
tempFile1=`echo $file | sed -e s/$tempFile//`
min=`expr substr $tempFile1 12 2`
cycleno=`expr substr $tempFile 3 2`
newFile=`echo $tempFile1 |... (2 Replies)
hi i want to append the number in each file,but when i ran this command:-
sed -i "1i 50" filename
its giving error sed: illegal option -- i in HP unix
but its working in linux.
any advice !!!!!!!!! (6 Replies)
hello,
I am not able to redirect the output to the same file, where I am searching and replacing a pattern.
D:\>cat abc.txt
abc
D:\>sed "s\abc\xyz\g" abc.txt > abc.txt
D:\>cat abc.txt
D:\>
If I dont redirect the output to abc.txt, the command is working fine, even if I append the... (10 Replies)
I dont get something about sed
If i have a text file inside contain a:a:a:a:a
sed "s/"$title:$author:$price:$qtyAvailable:$qtySold"/"$Ntitle:$author:$price:$qtyAvailable:$qtySold"/"
This work!! i can change a to be something else
but
If i have a text file inside contain Tom Tom:La... (2 Replies)
sed -i '' 's:'<string>/Users/testuser/Desktop/test.sh</string>':'something':g' log.txt
The log file has this in
<string>/Users/testuser/Desktop/test.sh</string> and I want to change it to something
This code isn't working any ideas? Its doing my head in! (4 Replies)
Hello There -
Iam trying to get this expdp running for oracle backup.
And this is the code below:
### Run the export.
### Comment out any LOGFILE parameters in the .par file.
if grep -i "Logfile" /<Path>$1_$2_$3.par; then
## Comment out any LOGFILE... (7 Replies)
I have a text file containing multiple lines like
password="&test.";
password="xyz";
password='write some';
password="&testwrite.";
today='o1jan2017'd;
-----------------
------------------
I don't want to replace the string value which are starting with & for Password variable... (3 Replies)
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shtool-subst
SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
[-e|--exec cmd] [-f|--file cmd-file] [file] [file ...]
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
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
-s, --stealth
Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
-e, --exec cmd
Specify sed(1) command directly.
-f, --file cmd-file
Read sed(1) command from file.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool subst -i -e 's;(c) ([0-9]*)-2000;(c) 1-2001;' *.[ch]
# RPM spec-file
%install
shtool subst -v -n
-e 's;^(prefix=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix};g'
-e 's;^(sysconfdir=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/etc;g'
`find . -name Makefile -print`
make install
HISTORY
The GNU shtool subst command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 2001 for GNU shtool. It was prompted
by the need to have a uniform and convenient patching frontend to sed(1) operations in the OpenPKG package specifications.
SEE ALSO shtool(1), sed(1).
18-Jul-2008 shtool 2.0.8 SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)