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Operating Systems Solaris Passing a varaible to sed issue Post 302998907 by mrn6430 on Friday 9th of June 2017 12:26:07 PM
Old 06-09-2017
Passing a varaible to sed issue
I am unable to make it work. I tried dbl quotes ...etc. Nothing works. I am trying to replace value in an XML file to current system date/time. Here is my code:

Code:
NTIMESTAMP=`date '+%m%d%Y%H%M%S'`
 sed -e 's|<TIMESTAMP>[0-9a-z.]\{1,\}|<TIMESTAMP>$NTIMESTAMP|g' $QLOG
  
 Input data sample:
 <MSGTYPE>QI</MSGTYPE><TIMESTAMP>06062017120000</TIMESTAMP>
  
 Output with my code "Not working":
 <MSGTYPE>QI</MSGTYPE><TIMESTAMP>$NTIMESTAMP</TIMESTAMP>

What am I doing wrong? I tried using double quotes, when I do it blanks out the timestamp !

Please help. Thanks

---------- Post updated at 11:26 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:16 AM ----------

I think I found the solution. Using this works perfectly:

Code:
eval "$(echo "sed -e 's|<TIMESTAMP>[0-9a-z.]\{1,\}|<TIMESTAMP>$NTIMESTAMP|g' $QLOG")"

 

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locale::codes::langext5.18

Locale::Codes::LangExt(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			       Locale::Codes::LangExt(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::LangExt - standard codes for language extension identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Codes::LangExt;

	  $lext = code2langext('acm');		       # $lext gets 'Mesopotamian Arabic'
	  $code = langext2code('Mesopotamian Arabic'); # $code gets 'acm'

	  @codes   = all_langext_codes();
	  @names   = all_langext_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::LangExt" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language extensions, such as those as defined in
       the IANA language registry.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default IANA language
       registry codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language extensions. A code set may be specified using either a name, or
       a constant that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $lext = code2langext('acm','alpha');
	  $lext = code2langext('acm',LOCALE_LANGEXT_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha
	   This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) codes from the IANA language registry, such as 'acm' for Mesopotamian Arabic.

	   This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

       code2langext ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       langext2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       langext_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_langext_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_langext_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::rename_langext  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::add_langext  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::delete_langext  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::add_langext_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::delete_langext_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::rename_langext_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::add_langext_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::delete_langext_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
	   The IANA language subtag registry.

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.18.2							    2013-11-04					       Locale::Codes::LangExt(3pm)
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