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# 29  
Old 06-09-2003
Code:
sDataPath=/u/ttc/data:/u/ttc/ptm:/u/ttc/pfx
sTempPath=/u/ttc/data

Those are the lines that need changing... I tried what you said and now it doesn't seem to change the files at all... :/
# 30  
Old 06-09-2003
Is ttc literally what you have in the file? Cause then you could just replace ttc wherever it occurs with the directory:

...
...
sed -e 's=ttc='$DIR'=g' < $FILE > TMP_00
mv TMP_00 $FILE
...
...
# 31  
Old 06-10-2003
Nope, ttc is just one of 150+ different names there can be. Sometimes it's ttc, sometimes it's sky, mor, hai, and so on...

this is turning out to be the never ending script Smilie
# 32  
Old 06-10-2003
small line would do the job
cd dir-of-configs
perl -pi -e "s:/your/first/dir:/your/second/dir:g" *

or perl -pi -e "s:\/your\/first\/dir:\/your\/second\/dir:g"

not sure if it works wothout scaping the slashes
# 33  
Old 06-10-2003
Arg .. this is the script that never ends.. it goes on and on my friends... Smilie

Okay.. let's see if this works:
Code:
echo -n "Enter a directory: "
read DIR
for FILE in `ls`
do
  sed -e 's=/u/.../=/u/'$DIR'/=g' < $FILE > TMP_00
  mv TMP_00 $FILE
done
rm TMP_00

Heh, when we started this thread, you said you'd been using Unix a couple days.. now it's been a couple weeks. How do you like it so far? Smilie
# 34  
Old 06-10-2003
Quirky but amusing, oombera Smilie

Quite enjoying it actually Smilie
# 35  
Old 06-30-2003
Hello again Smilie

Here's the deal, I have a file and it is of the following format:
Code:
HEAD     SOME DATA      123456789
LINE  DATA DATA DATA
LINE  DATA DATA DATA
LINE  DATA DATA DATA
HEAD     SOME DATA      999999999
LINE  DATA DATA DATA
LINE  DATA DATA DATA
LINE  DATA DATA DATA
HEAD     SOME DATA      555555555
LINE  DATA DATA DATA
LINE  DATA DATA DATA
LINE  DATA DATA DATA

Is there a script that will edit a file (which will be generated every night), take the number following 'HEAD' (see example) and add it to the start of every line which begins with the word LINE to make it look like this?
Code:
HEAD   SOME DATA        123456789
123456789 LINE  DATA DATA DATA
123456789 LINE  DATA DATA DATA
123456789 LINE  DATA DATA DATA
HEAD   SOME DATA        999999999
999999999 LINE  DATA DATA DATA
999999999 LINE  DATA DATA DATA
999999999 LINE  DATA DATA DATA
HEAD   SOME DATA        555555555
555555555 LINE  DATA DATA DATA
555555555 LINE  DATA DATA DATA
555555555 LINE  DATA DATA DATA

Thank you kindly Smilie

PS Everything in this file is fixed length and there are ALOT more fields that the example I use.
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