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1. I'm not sure but what happens if you use the real filename instead of $2 ?
2. Did you set the newri value before running the command ?

Try
sed -ie "s/ri=\"[0-9]*\"/ri=\"$newri\"/" rifile

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$ newri=111
$ echo...

Maybe this :confused:
$ cat rifile
rg="333"
rh="222"
ri="234"
rj="567"
rk="890"
$ newri=777
$ sed -ie "s/^ri=.*/ri=\"$newri\"/" rifile
$ cat rifile
rg="333"
rh="222"
ri="777"
rj="567"...