09-27-2005
sed (variable)
HOw can I use any variable in sed command.
For example I am using 'sed -e 's/?/$ORACLE_HOME/g' $file_name
Here it replaces ? with $ORACLE_HOME. Instead of it I need actual value of $ORACLE_HOME. How can I do that?
Please advice.
Thanks in advance.
Malay
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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
shtool install [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-d|--mkdir] [-c|--copy] [-C|--compare-copy] [-s|--strip] [-m|--mode mode] [-o|--owner owner]
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DESCRIPTION
This command installs a one or more files to a given target path providing all important options of the BSD install(1) command. The trick
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OPTIONS
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Display some processing information.
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Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
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Copy the file to the target path. Default is to move.
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-s, --strip
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The file mode applied to the target, see chmod(1). Setting mode to ""-"" skips this step and leaves the operating system default which
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HISTORY
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