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Old 12-06-2011
Error 'sed' usage error.
Friends,

I came across a wierd scenario while using sed. When I use the below cmd sequence at OS prompt it works fine:

Code:
sed 's/# TMOUT=120/TMOUT=900/g' /etc/profile > /etc/profile.011211

However when I use the same in a script it throws the following error:
Code:
==Error==
sed: 0602-404 Function s/# cannot be parsed.

Could someone explain me the reason behind this weird behavior?


Thanks,
Souvik M


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# 2  
Old 12-06-2011
try with this ..
Code:
$ nawk '{gsub(/# TMOUT=120/,"TMOUT=900")};1' /etc/profile

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# 3  
Old 12-06-2011
try like this
Code:
sed 's/[#] TMOUT=120/TMOUT=900/g' /etc/profile > /etc/profile.011211

Code:
sed 's/\# TMOUT=120/TMOUT=900/g' /etc/profile > /etc/profile.011211

# 4  
Old 12-06-2011
On your other post on ittoolbox.com they suggest that your script may contain a bad character.
We can use "sed" itself to check for funny characters in your script. Please post the output from:

Code:
sed -n l your_script_name

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# 5  
Old 12-07-2011
Thanks friends for you quick responses !

Well, Jayan's suggestion gave a quick solution to the problem & solved my purpose.

Methyl, your suggestion didn't show up any unwanted characters in my script.

Next turn, when I have a similar reqd, I would try ygemici's suggestion.


-- Souvik
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