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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting replacing line with variable Post 302334932 by vidyadhar85 on Thursday 16th of July 2009 11:47:41 PM
Old 07-17-2009
you can use sed or awk...
Code:
awk -v var="$your_var" 'NR==2{gsub($0,var)}{print}' filename

 

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DisplayOfCCC(3X11)						  XLIB FUNCTIONS						DisplayOfCCC(3X11)

NAME
DisplayOfCCC, VisualOfCCC, ScreenNumberOfCCC, ScreenWhitePointOfCCC, ClientWhitePointOfCCC - Color Conversion Context macros SYNTAX
DisplayOfCCC(ccc) XcmsCCC ccc; VisualOfCCC(ccc) XcmsCCC ccc; ScreenNumberOfCCC(ccc) XcmsCCC ccc; ScreenWhitePointOfCCC(ccc) XcmsCCC ccc; ClientWhitePointOfCCC(ccc) XcmsCCC ccc; ARGUMENTS
ccc Specifies the CCC. DESCRIPTION
The DisplayOfCCC macro returns the display associated with the specified CCC. The VisualOfCCC macro returns the visual associated with the specified CCC. The ScreenNumberOfCCC macro returns the number of the screen associated with the specified CCC. The ScreenWhitePointOfCCC macro returns the screen white point of the screen associated with the specified CCC. The ClientWhitePointOfCC macro returns the client white point of the screen associated with the specified CCC. SEE ALSO
XcmsCCCOfColormap(3X11), XcmsConvertColors(3X11), XcmsCreateCCC(3X11), XcmsDefaultCCC(3X11), XcmsSetWhitePoint(3X11) Xlib - C Language X Interface X Version 11 Release 6.6 DisplayOfCCC(3X11)
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