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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hi All
I have one file with multiple lines in it, each line has static text and some variable enclosed in <<filename>> as well. e.g. as below
123, <<file1.txt>> this is my name, I stay at <<city.txt>> Thanks for visiting
348384y, this is my name <<fileabc.txt>>, I stay at near the mall of... (8 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone,
In one of my shell script I am doing sed/replace using a variable to find a string in a file & replace it with another string in same file.
The challenge which I am facing is that, the variable which I am using with "sed" is having one of character as "/"
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a file having some text like:
PATH_ABC=/user/myLocation
I have to replace "/user/myLocation" with a session variable say, $REPLACE_PATH,
where $REPLACE_PATH=/user/myReplaceLocation
The following sed command is not working. It is writing PATH_ABC=$REPLACE_PATH in the file
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
My first comment on every file contains the license message. I want to replace with a new license message. I used the below sed script, which replaces all comments. What is the modification or any other method with awk script for the below to edit only the first comment(license message)?
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5. Red Hat
Hi all,
Hereby wish to have your advise for below:
Main concept is
I intend to get current directory of my script file.
This script file will be copied to /etc/init.d.
A string in this copy will be replaced with current directory value.
Below is original script file:
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can someone tell me how I can do this?
e.g:
a=$(echo -e wert trewt ertert ertert ertert erttert
erterte
rterter
tertertert
ert)
How do i replace the STRING with $a?
I try this:
sed -i 's/STRING/'"$a"'/g' filename.ext
but this don' t work (2 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a requirement where i have a sql file (filetext.sql). This file contains a variable ss_code.
Now in a shell script im trying to replace the variable ss_code with a value contained in the shell script variable MTK_DC..tried the below in the script
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ok, so, let's say I have the variable $GMAILID....How can I use it with sed command so to replace a string in a file? e.g.:
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
i call my shell like:
my_shell "my project name"
my script:
#!/bin/bash -vx
projectname=$1
sed s/'PROJECT_NAME ='/'PROJECT_NAME = '$projectname/ <test_config_doxy >temp
cp temp test_config_doxy
the following error occurres:
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone,
I need to replace a pattern with "value of a variable" using sed but no luck.
i tried the below
ABC=STR2
sed 's/STR1/$ABC/g' <file>
(also tried \ , $ and " in combination but failed)
Appreciate any help.
Thanks
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