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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Replacing variable Text between fixed strings Post 302520457 by bartus11 on Saturday 7th of May 2011 10:16:48 AM
Old 05-07-2011
Try:
Code:
x=`head -1 /var/mobile/RELINKING.txt`; perl -pse 's#file://localhost/.*/Documents/#$&# && ++$n==2 && s#file://localhost/.*/Documents/#$x#'  -- -x=$x Bookmarks.plist

 

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NAME
grub-render-label - generate a .disk_label for Apple Macs. SYNOPSIS
grub-render-label [OPTION...] [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION
Render Apple .disk_label. -b, --bgcolor=COLOR use COLOR for background -c, --color=COLOR use COLOR for text -f, --font=FILE use FILE as font (PF2). -i, --input=FILE read text from FILE. -o, --output=FILE set output filename. Default is STDOUT -t, --text=STRING set the label to render -v, --verbose print verbose messages. -?, --help give this help list --usage give a short usage message -V, --version print program version Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. REPORTING BUGS
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