12-04-2008
Unix script, sed search and replace?
Hi,
I am trying to write a shell script designed to take input line by line by line from a file with a word on each line for editing with sed. Example file:
1.ejverything
2.bllown
3.maikling
4.manegement
5.existjing
6.systems
My design currently takes input from the user, and stores it in a variable (linenum) which is then used in sed as the line number. I have,
echo "Which line number"
read linenum
And then use $linenum in sed as the line number in the file, ex
sed '"$linenum"i\
> FINDSTRING\
> REPLACESTRING
> ' foo > foo.old
I haven't got the above to work so far. I guess my question is,
can you use variables in a sed command line? If so how?
I also saw the option of using a loop to accomplish the job somewhere
as shown below...
#!/bin/bash
for in $fl; do
mv $fl $fl.old
sed 's/FINDSTRING/REPLACESTRING/g' $fl.old > $fl
rm -f $fl.old
done
Please help!
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exit(1) User Commands exit(1)
NAME
exit, return, goto - shell built-in functions to enable the execution of the shell to advance beyond its sequence of steps
SYNOPSIS
sh
exit [n]
return [n]
csh
exit [ ( expr )]
goto label
ksh
*exit [n]
*return [n]
DESCRIPTION
sh
exit will cause the calling shell or shell script to exit with the exit status specified by n. If n is omitted the exit status is that of
the last command executed (an EOF will also cause the shell to exit.)
return causes a function to exit with the return value specified by n. If n is omitted, the return status is that of the last command exe-
cuted.
csh
exit will cause the calling shell or shell script to exit, either with the value of the status variable or with the value specified by the
expression expr.
The goto built-in uses a specified label as a search string amongst commands. The shell rewinds its input as much as possible and searches
for a line of the form label: possibly preceded by space or tab characters. Execution continues after the indicated line. It is an error to
jump to a label that occurs between a while or for built-in command and its corresponding end.
ksh
exit will cause the calling shell or shell script to exit with the exit status specified by n. The value will be the least significant 8
bits of the specified status. If n is omitted then the exit status is that of the last command executed. When exit occurs when executing
a trap, the last command refers to the command that executed before the trap was invoked. An end-of-file will also cause the shell to exit
except for a shell which has the ignoreeof option (See set below) turned on.
return causes a shell function or '.' script to return to the invoking script with the return status specified by n. The value will be the
least significant 8 bits of the specified status. If n is omitted then the return status is that of the last command executed. If return
is invoked while not in a function or a '.' script, then it is the same as an exit.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
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3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
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SEE ALSO
break(1), csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1), attributes(5)
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