Deleting double quoted string from a line when line number is variable
I need to remove double quoted strings from specific lines in a file. The specific line numbers are a variable. For example, line 5 of the file contains
A B C "string"
I want to remove "string". The following sed command works:
If there are multiple lines in the file that need to edited and the line number is a variable, i.e. $lineno, the following does not work:
I believe the sed command must be double quoted for the variable to be evaluated, so I tried that and I get the error - Unmatched ".
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 07-12-2013 at 09:27 PM..
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blah sdjfhjkd jsdfhjksdh
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et cetc etc
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abcde,dfgdfg,sdfds
sdfsd,sdfd,sdfg,sdfs
dwfds,sdfgdfg,sdfsdf
file2
1
3
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Before:
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