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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to update an entry of another file in a Shell script? Post 302674955 by isaacniu on Saturday 21st of July 2012 01:58:45 AM
Old 07-21-2012
Question How to update an entry of another file in a Shell script?

Hi all,

Say I have a shell script called update_password.sh - in this script I want to perform a task to update a specified entry of another file (e.g. users.passpords)

update_password.sh
Code:
#!/bin/bash -e

PW_FILE_DIR="${A_DIR}/.../..."
PW_FILE="users.passwords"

I want to update the password of the user whose name is Michael!

users.passwords
Code:
James: ?????
David: ?????
Michael: ?????                       //only this entry to be updated
Frank: ?????
Thomas: ?????

May I know how to achieve or could anyone please pass me a tutorial....Thanks!
 

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