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# 1  
Old 02-15-2010
sed problem in ksh
Hi,

I have the following issue while replacing text in a file usind sed

Code:
$ cat file
$ One,ABCD\XYZ,Server one

i want to replace ABCD\XYZ with another text SERVER. with ABCD\XYZ stored in a variable.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
VAR=ABCD\XYZ
echo $VAR
cat file | sed 's/'"$VAR"'/SERVER/'

I am able to do it in csh shell, but sed in ksh not supporting this. Please help.
# 2  
Old 02-15-2010
Code:
$ sed 's/ABCD\\XYZ/SERVER/ filename

# 3  
Old 02-15-2010
Sorry, But i dont want to hard code ABCD/XYZ. it should be in a variable.

Code:
VAR=ABCD\XYZ
sed 's/$VAR/SERVER/'

when i use a variable its not replacing.. in ksh
# 4  
Old 02-15-2010
Try...
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
VAR="ABCD\XYZ"
sed "s/$VAR/SERVER/" file

# 5  
Old 02-15-2010
Escape the backslash:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

VAR='ABCD\\XYZ'
sed "s/$VAR/SERVER/g"

# 6  
Old 02-15-2010
No, Its not working..

Code:
$:~% cat file
one,ABCD\XYZ,Server One

$:~% cat run
#!/usr/bin/ksh
VAR="ABCD\XYZ"
sed "s/$VAR/SERVER/" file

$:~% run
one,ABCD\XYZ,Server One
$:~%



---------- Post updated at 07:12 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:05 AM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
Escape the backslash:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
 
VAR='ABCD\\XYZ'
sed "s/$VAR/SERVER/g"


Franklin,

It is working, But the issue is ABCD\XYZ is laread coming from an environment variable ENVDB

Code:
echo $ENVDB
ABCD\XYZ

so to make it double back slash

Code:
$  echo $ENVDB
ABCD\XYZ
$ cat file
one,ABCD\XYZ,Server One
$ sed "s/$ENVDB/SERVER/" file
one,ABCD\XYZ,Server One
$ VAR=`echo "$ENVDB" | sed "s/\\/\\\\/"`
sed: command garbled: s/\/\/
$

I could not put extra \ in a variable using sed.
# 7  
Old 02-15-2010
Try what Franklin suggested above, that should work.


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