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Old 08-23-2010
sed tricky problem
Hi,

I have a file which contains two strings: AAAAA and BBBBB

I have two variables in my script:
Code:
DATE="03/21/2010"
aDate="20100321"

I need to replace string AAAAA with variable $DATE and BBBBB with $aDate. Here is what I do

Code:
sed "s/AAAAA/$DATE/" $BASIC_TMPLT | sed "s/BBBBB/$aDate/" > $out_file

But I get an error:
Code:
sed: -e expression #1, char 14: unknown option to `s'

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Scott; 08-23-2010 at 05:08 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 08-23-2010
Choose a different delimiter for sed's s command.
# 3  
Old 08-23-2010
Thanks. I used '@' and it worked.

Code:
sed "s@AAAAA@$DATE@" $BASIC_TMPLT | sed "s/BBBBB/$aDate/" > $out_file

Last edited by Scott; 08-23-2010 at 05:09 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 4  
Old 08-23-2010
Code:
sed "s@AAAAA@$DATE@;s/BBBBB/$aDate/" $BASIC_TMPLT

# 5  
Old 08-23-2010
By awk
Code:
awk -va=$DATE -vb=$aDate '{gsub(/AAAAA/,a);gsub(/BBBBB/,b)}1' urfile

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