Created a shell script to invoke sed to edit multiple files, but am missing something.
Here's the shell script:
As you can see, I'm using a script file 'script.sed' to supply the actual editing commands:
And for testing purposes, I have one .sh script to be edited:
But when I execute edit_scripts.sh, sed_sample.sh is not modified:
I've got a bunch of files (40 or so) and in each there is a substitution I need to perform.
I execuet the following sed command but it just make the changes to the screen without affecting the original file.
sed "s/, LA/,LA/g" *
(All files in the directory need this update).
So I tried... (4 Replies)
Here's what I have...
$ vi foo1
- open foo1 and work around for a while. I yank a few lines into a buffer and then :w to save.
Next I :e foo2 to open foo2 and paste my buffer. I :w to save, but I would like to then be able to go directly back into foo1 where I was before I opened foo2. ... (4 Replies)
i have a command like :
sed -n 's/^* /&/w even' <file
if i want to write to multiple files like
sed -n 's/^* /&/w zero two three' < file
its not working it is taking "zero two three" as a single file i want to write to 3 seperate files . pls can anyone help me (2 Replies)
Hi,
I want to do a search and replace on multiple text files. Can I use sed to do this?
i.e. I want to do something like:
$ sed *.html -e 's/<\/body>/<\!-- blah -->\n<\/body>/' | grep -1 body
... then pipe/ channel the results back into the same files that were searched.
how would... (2 Replies)
Hello all,
Search & replace works fine using sed on a single file.
Ex:
sed -i 's/day/night/g' test1.sh
There are many *.sh files in my current directory that I would like use sed on. I tried running the sed command using wild card but it did not work.
sed -i 's/day/night/g' *.sh
... (7 Replies)
Hi all,
I would like to simply read a file which lists a number of pathnames and files, then search and replace key strings using a few vi commands:
:1,$s/search_str/replace_str/g<return>
but I am not sure how to automate the <return> of these vis commands when I am putting this in a... (8 Replies)
Hi guys,
say I have a few files in a directory (58 text files or somthing)
each one contains mulitple strings that I wish to replace with other strings
so in these 58 files I'm looking for say the following strings:
JAM (replace with BUTTER)
BREAD (replace with CRACKER)
SCOOP (replace... (19 Replies)
What is the syntax to use multiple input files in a SED command. i.e. substitute a word with a phrase in every file in a directory.
for every file in /usr/include that has the word "date" in the file
grep -l '\<date\>' /usr/include/*.h
find each occurrence of the word "time" in the file &... (3 Replies)
I have 6 different pipe delimiter files. My loads failing due to missing company code.
File1: 31 st field is company code.
402660076310|2014-12-10 17:22:39|2280361|MRYKI|1||CA|92507|US||1|1|0|0|0||N|A1|ONT|1001891771660009250700402660076310|WM|0201|RALA |2014-12-12|5|2014-12-12|5||FRI - 12... (4 Replies)
I have 4000 files like
$cat clus_grp_seq10_g.phy
18 1002
anig_OJJ65951_1 ATGGTTTCGCAGCGTGATAGAGAATTGTTTAGGGATGATATTCGCTCGCGAGGAACGAAGCTCAATGCTGCCGAGCGCGAGAGTCTGCTAAGGCCATATCTGCCAGATCCGTCTGACCTTCCACGCAGGCCACTTCAGCGGCGCAAGAAGGTTCCTCG
aver_OOF92921_1 ... (1 Reply)
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shtool-subst
SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
[-e|--exec cmd] [-f|--file cmd-file] [file] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
-s, --stealth
Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
-e, --exec cmd
Specify sed(1) command directly.
-f, --file cmd-file
Read sed(1) command from file.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool subst -i -e 's;(c) ([0-9]*)-2000;(c) 1-2001;' *.[ch]
# RPM spec-file
%install
shtool subst -v -n
-e 's;^(prefix=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix};g'
-e 's;^(sysconfdir=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/etc;g'
`find . -name Makefile -print`
make install
HISTORY
The GNU shtool subst command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 2001 for GNU shtool. It was prompted
by the need to have a uniform and convenient patching frontend to sed(1) operations in the OpenPKG package specifications.
SEE ALSO shtool(1), sed(1).
18-Jul-2008 shtool 2.0.8 SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)