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Thanks again, but i dont get it..

Let me try to explain it better.

i have a file called: file.nfo and file.txt

the content of file.nfo is

Code:

test23423
test 234
test3443
whole lot of text

the content of file.txt is

Code:

[nfo]nfotxt[/nfo]

I want to replace nfotxt with the content of the file.nfo

i do that with:

Code:

txtfile=file.txt
nfo=file.nfo
nfotext="$(cat "$nfo")"

then i use sed to search and replace like:

Code:

sed -e "s/nfotxt/$nfotext/g" $txtfile

The problem i have is that it doesnt replace the nfotxt with the content of the file.nfo
and that it wil replace it with the name of the file rather then the content.. Hope someone can help me with this..

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