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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Sed question to substitute data in \2 Post 302425336 by durden_tyler on Thursday 27th of May 2010 04:02:36 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Peace_Dude1

...Here is what I'm trying to do with sed:

Input File:
somechangeVariable1=Something I would like to change
somechangeVariable2=Something else I would like to change
...

Output File:
somechangeVariable1=Something I would like to different
somechangeVariable2=Something else I would like to different
...
...
How do I run the substitute on \2 alone?
I realize that I can use other tools but would like to solve this with sed as more of a theoretical exercise at this point.
...

Code:

$
$ cat f2
somechangeVariable1=Something I would like to change
somechangeVariable2=Something else I would like to change
$
$ sed 's/^\(.*=.*\) \(.*\)$/\1 different/' f2
somechangeVariable1=Something I would like to different
somechangeVariable2=Something else I would like to different
$
$

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