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Old 01-11-2011
Question grep and sed
hi everybody

i have this script and it work's if i use a single variable in grep, but when i put $searchterm_ the script stops work

i have a problem too in sed, because i don't know how i can search and replace more than one item, in this case is >>> $searchterm/$replaceterm and $searchterm_/$replaceterm_ .... four variables

thanks Smilie

Code:
       
 for file in $(grep -l -R "$searchterm $searchterm_" $startdirectory )
          do
           sed "s/$searchterm/$replaceterm/ig" $file > /tmp/teste/tempfile.tmp
           mv /tmp/teste/tempfile.tmp $file
           echo "Modified: " $file # overwrite
        done

# 2  
Old 01-11-2011
Code:
egrep -l -R "$searchterm|$searchterm_" ...
sed "s/$searchterm/$replaceterm/ig;s/$searchterm_/$replaceterm_/ig" ...

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# 3  
Old 01-11-2011
works, thanks man

one more question please, and if i want identifie and replace all line where have one $searchterm, for exemple, i have a txt with two lines and the second have the variable searchitem and more words that isn't identified in variable, but all the content of that line must be replaced to $replaceterm

like a line where is present "@" and change all line to another mail for exemple
# 4  
Old 01-11-2011
If I understand you correctly:

Code:
sed "/$searchterm/s/.*/$searchterm/" ...

Although your second point suggests you maybe want:
Code:
sed "s/$searchterm.*/$searchterm_/"

where searchterm_ would replace searchterm?

Then again, you might just want to replace everything after @:
Code:
sed "s/@.*/$searchterm/"

Last edited by Scott; 01-11-2011 at 04:05 PM..
# 5  
Old 01-11-2011
your code works perfect, thanks one more time

Code:
sed "/$searchterm/s/.*/$replaceterm/ig;/$searchterm_/s/.*/$replaceterm_/ig" $file > /tmp/teste/tempfile.tmp

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