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# 1  
Old 08-16-2010
sed
i have a file that contains:

Code:
xxxx
xxxxxx
xxxxxxx
## database.password=OBF:qpdauyrnavsl
database.password=OBF:qpdauyrnavsl
## app.password=OBF:1lte1jmv1yfc1xtv1xtn1yeu1jkn1lqk
app.password=OBF:1lte1jmv1yfc1xtv1xtn1yeu1jkn1lqk

xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

i'd like to replace database.password=OBF:* with test1 and i'd like to replace app.password=OBF:* with test2

i did this, but did not work.

Code:
sed -e 's/database.password=OBF:$/test1/g' file1 > file2
sed -e 's/app.password=OBF:$/test2/g' file2 > file3

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Last edited by Scott; 08-16-2010 at 10:41 AM..
# 2  
Old 08-16-2010
I am not sure if you want to substitute just the part past the colon or the complete string, ie. database.password=OBF: and the string that follows. If it is case one, then just exchange the $ vs .* and all will be substituted. Easiest might be to just post the wanted output and use code tags when doing so!
# 3  
Old 08-16-2010
Assuming you want to replace the passwords of the uncommented lines:
Code:
sed -e '/^database.password/ s/=.*/=test1/' -e '/^app.password=/ s/=.*/=test2/' file > newfile

# 4  
Old 08-16-2010
exactly, what i needed. thank you very much.

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with in my shell script, i do:

Code:
echo "please enter db pwd: \c"
read dbpwd
echo "please enter app pwd: \c"
read apppwd

sed -e '/^database.password/ s/=.*/='{$dbpwd}'/' -e '/^app.password=/ s/=.*/='{$apppwd}'/' file1 > file2

what is wrong with my sed command here ? i want to replace dbpwd and apppwd with whatever i type in.
# 5  
Old 08-16-2010
That's the correct one:
Code:
echo "please enter db pwd: \c"
read dbpwd
echo "please enter app pwd: \c"
read apppwd

sed -e '/^database.password/ s/OBF:.*/OBF:'$dbpwd'/' -e '/^app.password=/ s/OBF:.*/OBF:'$apppwd'/' file1 > file2

Check it.
# 6  
Old 08-18-2010
thank you much. worked perfectly.
 
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