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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone,
In one of my shell script I am doing sed/replace using a variable to find a string in a file & replace it with another string in same file.
The challenge which I am facing is that, the variable which I am using with "sed" is having one of character as "/"
Here is below how... (4 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a ksh script where I am trying to mask the password in the log files.
$loc - is my directory
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I get an error:
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to use a shell script, using sed command how to replace date variable value in following format.
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4. Red Hat
Hi all,
Hereby wish to have your advise for below:
Main concept is
I intend to get current directory of my script file.
This script file will be copied to /etc/init.d.
A string in this copy will be replaced with current directory value.
Below is original script file:
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys,
Hi have this input (Menu.xml)<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<breakfast_menu>
<food>
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ok, so, let's say I have the variable $GMAILID....How can I use it with sed command so to replace a string in a file? e.g.:
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Okay, title is kind of confusion, but basically, I have a lot of scripts on a server that I need to replace a ps command, however, the new ps command I'm trying to replace the current one with pipes to sed at one point. So now I am attempting to create another script that replaces that line.
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to instert Category:XXXXX into the 2. line
something like this should work, but I have somewhere the wrong sytanx. something with the linebreak goes wrong:
sed "2i\\${n}Category:$cat\n"
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm trying to replace text in a file with text from a variable
I have the following in my script, but its not working:
#!/bin/ksh
echo "Enter the path to load scripts"
read x
echo "updating the templates"
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone,
I need to replace a pattern with "value of a variable" using sed but no luck.
i tried the below
ABC=STR2
sed 's/STR1/$ABC/g' <file>
(also tried \ , $ and " in combination but failed)
Appreciate any help.
Thanks
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