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Old 02-02-2012
Replacing variable is files in same directory
Hi all,

I'm writing a script to get values from the user and replace it in another file in the same directory.
Code:
/usr/bin/sediff 's/$PROJECT/'$PROJECT'/' /ananth/TEMPLATE

TEMPLATE is the file I want to replace the variable PROJECT from the script I'm writing but Im not getting it done. Is there any way to solve this?


thanks
Ananth

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Old 02-02-2012
Try to replace the single quotes with double quotes, single quotes prevent shell expanding of the variables.
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Old 02-02-2012
Frankling,
I tried that but it didnt work either.
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Old 02-02-2012
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Originally Posted by Ananthdoss
Hi all,

I'm writing a script to get values from the user and replace it in another file in the same directory.
Code:
/usr/bin/sediff 's/$PROJECT/'$PROJECT'/' /ananth/TEMPLATE

TEMPLATE is the file I want to replace the variable PROJECT from the script I'm writing but Im not getting it done. Is there any way to solve this?


thanks
Ananth
Code:
 
/usr/bin/sediff "s/\$PROJECT/$PROJECT/" /ananth/TEMPLATE

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Old 02-03-2012
Hi
I'm getting the following ERROR: Unable to open policy at s/$PROJECT/"input i give"/.
ERROR: No such file or directory
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