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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting replace (sed?) a string in file with multiple lines (string) from variable Post 302555671 by jforce on Thursday 15th of September 2011 09:40:26 AM
Old 09-15-2011
replace (sed?) a string in file with multiple lines (string) from variable
Can someone tell me how I can do this?

e.g:
Code:
a=$(echo -e wert trewt ertert ertert ertert erttert
erterte
rterter
tertertert
ert)

How do i replace the STRING with $a?

I try this:
Code:
sed -i 's/STRING/'"$a"'/g' filename.ext

but this don' t work


Thanks for your help!
Last edited by vbe; 09-15-2011 at 10:46 AM.. Reason: please use code tags for code and data
 

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mpi_add_error_string

MPI_Add_error_string(3OpenMPI)											    MPI_Add_error_string(3OpenMPI)

NAME

       MPI_Add_error_string - Associates a string with an error code or class

SYNTAX

C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Add_error_string(int errorcode, char *string)

Fortran Syntax
       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_ADD_ERROR_STRING(ERRORCODE, STRING, IERROR)
	    INTEGER	   ERRORCODE, IERROR
	    CHARACTER*(*)  STRING

C++ Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       void MPI::Add_error_string(int errorcode, const char* string)

INPUT PARAMETERS

       errorcode     MPI error class, or an error code returned by an MPI routine (integer).

       string	     Text that corresponds to the error code or class (string).

OUTPUT PARAMETER

       IERROR	     Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       This  routine  associates an error string with an error code or class. Calling MPI_Add_error_string for an error code or class that already
       has an associated error string will replace the old string with the new one. It is erroneous to	call  MPI_Add_error_string  for  an  error
       value  not  generated  via  MPI_Add_error_class	or  MPI_Add_error_code	(e.g.,	an  error  code  or  class  with  a value not greater than
       MPI_LAST_ERRCODE).

ERRORS

       Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. C++ func-
       tions  do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception mechanism
       will be used to throw an MPI:Exception object.

       Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except  for
       I/O  function  errors. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be
       used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

SEE ALSO

       MPI_Add_error_class
       MPI_Add_error_code
       MPI_Error_class
       MPI_Error_string

Open MPI 1.2							  September 2006				    MPI_Add_error_string(3OpenMPI)
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