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Old 12-16-2011
Search String and Replace It
Hello,

I'm creating a small script where the user will enter a string that is currently in the file, than enter another string that will replace the first string. I'm a little unsure to go about doing this, here is what I've tried so far with no luck.

Code:
addressfile=~/address_file
clear
tput cup 5 1
echo "Enter Phone Number To Edit: "
tput cup 5 35
read number
clear
tput cup 5 2
echo "Enter Replacement Number: "
tput cup 5 37
read numedit
grep $number $addressfile
sed -i 's/$number/$numedit/g' $addressfile
echo "Press ENTER to continue..."
read continue

Any help is greatly appreciate!
# 2  
Old 12-16-2011
Change the code like this:

Code:
addressfile=~/address_file
clear
tput cup 5 1
echo "Enter Phone Number To Edit: "
tput cup 5 35
read number
clear
tput cup 5 2
echo "Enter Replacement Number: "
tput cup 5 37
read numedit
grep "$number" "$addressfile"
sed -i "s/$number/$numedit/g" "$addressfile"
echo "Press ENTER to continue..."
read continue

# 3  
Old 12-16-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
Change the code like this:

Code:
addressfile=~/address_file
clear
tput cup 5 1
echo "Enter Phone Number To Edit: "
tput cup 5 35
read number
clear
tput cup 5 2
echo "Enter Replacement Number: "
tput cup 5 37
read numedit
grep "$number" "$addressfile"
sed -i "s/$number/$numedit/g" "$addressfile"
echo "Press ENTER to continue..."
read continue

Thanks a ton man! Was going on with this for about and hour, forgot about the quotes.
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