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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting multiple delete using sed Post 78482 by matrixmadhan on Wednesday 20th of July 2005 02:40:51 AM
Old 07-20-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by vino
Code:
while read pattern
do
sed -e '/$pattern/d' myfile > myfile1
mv myfile1 myfile
done < mypattern

vino i dont think your sed would work
you need to explicitly mention your search pattern as a string
as

sed -e '/'$pattern'/d' myfile > myfile1

or it was just a typo error.
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

vino-preferences

vino-preferences(1)						   User Commands					       vino-preferences(1)

NAME

       vino-preferences - remote desktop configuration

SYNOPSIS

       vino-preferences [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       vino-preferences  is  the  configuration  dialog for remote desktop server.  vino-preferences provides a GUI to configure options of remote
       desktop server, include view-only mode and control mode for desktop sharing. And it also be used to configure the security mode and specify
       user password.

       There  are  some  check boxes in vino preferences dialog. the four check boxes are divided into 2 groups: Sharing and Security. The Sharing
       group controls if the server allow other users to view your desktop and if the server allow other users to control your desktop.  The Secu-
       rity  group  control what kind of security method the server will take when there is a remote request. Vino server can be configured to ask
       user confirm every time there is a connection request, and the server also can be configured to require users to provide password  for  the
       remote access. A password editbox is provided to input server password. This password will be saved in gnome keyring.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-options       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Start the vino preferences dialog from command line

       example% vino-preferences

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

	    /usr/bin/vino-preferences

	    The executable file for the vino preferences application.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-remote-desktop	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       vino-passwd(1), vino-server(1), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Steven Zhang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2007.

       Updated by Halton Huo, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    15 Aug 2008 					       vino-preferences(1)
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