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Old 11-29-2011
passing variable to another file and replacing
Hi all,

I have a script in file1 which gets input from the user say variable "TYPE". This variable is present in the other file2. I want to replace the variable in the file2 with the value given by the user and print the file. How can I achieve this task?

file1
code
echo "Give the type"
read TYPE


file two
code
echo "$TYPE"


input
newfile

expected output when I cat the file2

newfile








Thanks in advance
Ananth
# 2  
Old 11-29-2011
Try parsing the value to the second file..

Code:
file1.sh:
#!/bin/sh
echo "Give the type"
read TYPE
./file2.sh	${TYPE}


file2.sh
#!/bin/sh
echo "$1"

# 3  
Old 11-29-2011
Just write after read statement
/usr/bin/sed 's/$TYPE/'$TYPE'/' file2 > file3 and then you can [cat]/print the file.
This User Gave Thanks to CaapAjayShukla For This Post:
Ananthdoss
# 4  
Old 11-29-2011
Shukla, Excellent. It worked out. Thanks.
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