Shell Programming and Scripting

1. I'm not sure but what happens if you use the real filename instead of $2 ?
2. Did you set the newri value before running the command ?

Code:

echo 'rg="333",rh="222",ri="234",rj="567",rk="890"' | awk -F\" '{for(i=0;++i<=NF;){$i=(($(i-1)==",ri=")?var:$i)}}1' OFS=\" var=VAR
rg="333",rh="222",ri="VAR",rj="567",rk="890"

Alternatively you could try:

Code:

var=rh;val=73;sed "s/\(\(,\|^\)$var=\"\)[^\"]*/\1$val/g" infile

Code:

$ cat infile
rg="333",rh="222",rirh="234",rj="567",rk="890"

output:

Code:

rg="333",rh="73",rirh="234",rj="567",rk="890"

same thing happen over here whenever I am trying to pass variable in sed command it gives an error sed comman garbeled

value of new ri is set and I echo it just befrore sed to confirm and it is set

sed: command garbled: s/\(\(,\|^\)ri="\)[^"]*/\1

please provide some solution to avoid this problem

---------- Post updated at 10:15 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:26 AM ----------

issue resolved there was some garbage value coming in newri
thanks for you prompt support