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# 1  
Old 02-24-2009
Sed question
I need to replace the numbers with a new string.
How can I give a wildcard for the different # of numbers

sed '/abcdef/s/abcdef=*/abcdef=999999/'<foo>foo1

From: To:
abcdef=1234 abcdef=999999
abcdef=12345 abcdef=999999
abcdef=123456 abcdef=999999
abcdef=1234567 abcdef=999999
abcdef=12345678 abcdef=999999
abcdef=123456789 abcdef=999999
abcdef=1234567890 abcdef=999999

Thanks in advance!!
Brandt
# 2  
Old 02-24-2009
Code:
 
sed '/abcdef/s/abcdef=[0-9]\+/abcdef=999999/' <foo >foo1

# 3  
Old 02-24-2009
With the single [0-9] I don't pick up any lines. That is why I placed 4 [0-9] in a row, but I don't allways have 4 digits in number it would be unknown..

Thanks

Brandt
# 4  
Old 02-24-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by beppler
With the single [0-9] I don't pick up any lines. That is why I placed 4 [0-9] in a row, but I don't allways have 4 digits in number it would be unknown..

That's why I put \+ after [0-9]; it means one or more of the preceding character.
# 5  
Old 02-24-2009
That is what I thought it ment but does not seem to work!! Solaris v10

Thanks
# 6  
Old 02-24-2009
Try it without the backslash.
# 7  
Old 02-24-2009
no go

ugh!!
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