Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,
I have a requirement to find and replace contents from multiple files.
I am able to replace the contents. but i am facing a issue while replacing when finding a certain charcter pattern as unix is treating this is a command.
Please find below sample on the same
Output file to be generated

Code:

DEFAULT FOR  A IS 0
   
/* Custom Ends */
/* ===== Defaults Section End ===== */
 
Output file generated is below
DEFAULT FOR A IS 0
 
/* /bin /boot /dev /etc /home /lib /lib64 /lost+found Custom Ends */
/* /bin /boot /dev /etc /home /lib /lib64 /lost+found Defaults Section End  */

whenever a pattern matching /* and a space is found it is replaced with some directory path. Please let me know how to ignore this pattern?

Thanks for the help

Regards,
Seeki

Turn off globbing in your shell.
Generally this will turn off globbing

Code:

set -f

However I suspect your code has problems because turning off globbing is an unusual approach. Please post your code.