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thanks a bunch! the sed line was just what I needed!

Hi,

I am trying to write a script which will modify a given account's settings by searching for a line in a file and then replacing the line after it. Here is a portion of my input file:

[0002]...

Thanks guys it worked!

Hi,

I'm trying to retrieve text between two strings excluding the two strings.

So for example I have the following input:

[phone1]
type=friend
username=phone1
secret=password...

also, I had to switch around the single/double quotes around $ID so that it would print the double quotes in the file, otherwise it wouldnt.

Thanks a bunch Franklin! It worked! So what exactly does .* do?

So is there any kind of "wildcard function" i could use to replace varying text between quotes?

Ok. I was thinking '.*' would act as a wildcard. This script will be used to edit many different configuration files which will have different values.
But if it replaces everything on the line...

Hi, I am writing a script that replaces values in a file with some user input. Right now it replaces what i want it to, then cuts out the rest of the text in that tag!

Here is my script:...