08-03-2009
howto replace field in line
Hi all,
I'm writing a script in bash where i'm reading line by line into variable,
and the i want to replace the second filed in the line with another number,
for example if the line looks like this:
10 20 30 40 50
it should look like this:
10 90 30 40 50
and put the new result inside another varaible
10x
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transmission-edit
TRANSMISSION-EDIT(1) BSD General Commands Manual TRANSMISSION-EDIT(1)
NAME
transmission-edit -- command-line utility to modify .torrent files' announce URLs
SYNOPSIS
transmission-edit [-h] [-a url] [-d url] [-r search replace] torrentfile(s)
DESCRIPTION
transmission-edit command-line utility to modify .torrent files' announce URLs
OPTIONS
-h --help
Show a short help page and exit.
-a --add URL
Add an announce URL to the torrent's announce-list if it's not already in the list
-d --delete URL
Remove an announce URL from the torrent's announce-list
-r --replace search replace
Substring search-and-replace inside a torrent's announce URLs. This can be used to change an announce URL when the tracker moves or
your passcode changes.
EXAMPLES
Update a tracker passcode in all your torrents:
$ transmission-edit -r old-passcode new-passcode ~/.config/transmission/torrents/*.torrent
AUTHORS
Jordan Lee
SEE ALSO
transmission-create(1), transmission-daemon(1), transmission-edit(1), transmission-gtk(1), transmission-qt(1), transmission-remote(1),
transmission-show(1)
http://www.transmissionbt.com/
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