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# 8  
Old 04-28-2009
I've found that sometimes using something other than the normal forward slashes with sed seem to work:

root@FWPAR01:/> vi jc.txt
root@FWPAR01:/> cnumb=5
root@FWPAR01:/> echo $cnumb
5
root@FWPAR01:/> sed s#flag1#$cnumb#g jc.txt
{{Company 5}}

Hope this helps.
# 9  
Old 04-28-2009
You need to do something like this:

Code:
phone=`echo $FaxFile|cut -d, -f5`
cnumb=`echo $FaxFile|cut -d, -f7`
ponum=`echo $FaxFile|cut -d, -f11`

# 10  
Old 04-28-2009
Thank you for the help.

I tried the # rather than the / in the s subcommand. It did not work, but that was a good try.

I also tried the "phone=`echo $FaxFile|cut -d, -f5`", this was not a very good attempt. the value for each variable was the name of the file, but $cnumb still ended up in the header in the place of the place holder flag1.
# 11  
Old 04-28-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by jcarrott
Thank you for the help.

I tried the # rather than the / in the s subcommand. It did not work, but that was a good try.

I also tried the "phone=`echo $FaxFile|cut -d, -f5`", this was not a very good attempt. the value for each variable was the name of the file, but $cnumb still ended up in the header in the place of the place holder flag1.
I think you're confused by thinking that you're parsing the CONTENT of the file (FaxFile) whereas you're parsing the FILENAME itself.
Post the CONTENT of a sample FaxFile using BB codes. Also explain clearly what you want as an output.
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