have a properties files with variables i need to replace using substitution in a shell script
for e.g in
x.properties
Code:
xslt.root.dir=/apps1/test/cs.war/presentation/xsl
have a shell script with following
Code:
echo "Edit '/tmp/x.properties'"
echo "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------"
echo "Modify 'xslt.root.dir=' with the environment specific path"
echo "xslt.root.dir=$PWD/presentation/xsl"
echo ""
(need command here to replace xslt.root.dir= variable in x.properties with either a variable read in from command line or $PWD variable)
echo "Press [Enter] when file has been modified"
read $ANS
echo ""
echo "Edit '/tmp/leena/web.xml'"
echo "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------"
echo "Modify '/apps1/instance_t05/edi/fatwire' with the environment specific path"
echo "$PWD"
echo ""
echo "Press [Enter] when file has been modified"
read $ANS
echo ""
Hi
I have the following file that i need to run a sed command on
1<tab>running
2<tab>running
3<tab>running
4<tab>running
I want to be able to replace a line i.e the second one with '2<tab>failed'. As the first number is unique that can be used to search for the relevant line (using ^2 i... (5 Replies)
Hi,
Let me explain the situation.
There are many files in a directory and its sub-directories that conatin the string pattern "pa". I want to replace all such instances with the pattern "pranavagarwal"
doing a
grep "pa" `ls`
does give me all the instances of the occurence of that... (3 Replies)
Hi
Can anyone provide me the replacement of sed with xargs perl syntax for the below
sed -e :a -e '/;$/!N;s/\n//; ta' -e 's/;$//'
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Hi, I need to do a global search and replacement of a non-ascii character. Let me first give the background of my problem.
Very frequently, I need to copy set of references from different sources. Typically, a reference would like this:
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This seems like it should be an easy problem, but I'm a noob and I can't figure it out. I'm trying to use sed, but would be happy to use anything that does the job.
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I am trying to replace the line which has string "tablespace" not case senstive....
with below simple script: mysrcipt.sh
sed "s/.*/TABLESPACE USERS/g" create_table > tmp
mv tmp create_table
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Hi,
i have a file with lines,
file.txt
-------
test is fun
testing is better
I need to replace 'test' to 'develop' and i used,
a=test
b=develop
sed "s,$a,$b,g" -------- but i see the word 'testing' is also replaced. Need some solution. Is there any way i could replace only 'test' ? (4 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)
03-27-2009
