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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to replace a string by contents of file.
I am trying the following sed command:
cat sample | sed "s^<enter description here>^`cat details`^"
But it is not working.
a=`cat details` and using $a will not help since it will affect the whitespaces.
What am I missing in the above sed... (5 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a file where I want to replace the 15th field separated by comma, only on specific lines matching lots of different conditions.
I have managed to read the file line by line, within the loop my line is held in a variable called $line
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to use the regex in the replacement string in SED command.
something like
sed -e ' s/\(^\{5\}\).\{150\}\(.*\)$/\10\{30\}1\{30\}A\{60\}B\{30\}\2/' abc
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey everybody. I've got a simple problem but am unsure how to resolve it. I am using a script to edit multiple files at once. Inside the script I am using an sed command to make the changes. My problem is that I can only get it to work for stings that contain a word or words. How can I modify it to... (1 Reply)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, i am splitting files and sometimes the string of the pattern doesnt exist in the input file it starts for example with 00:00:01. So the output is completely desorganized, is there any way of putting a replacement string in the pattern so it will grab all the times from 00:**:** to first... (0 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
What should be the syntax to match and replace an exact string using sed? And not replacing any string that contain the value?
Eg.
testtest
etstetst
testetst
testtttt
etsttest
testtesttest
testtest
I only want to replace the line with exact string "testtest" with "123456"
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
sed -i 's:"ps -ef | grep $(cat $PID_FILE) | grep -v grep":"ps -C java -o pid,cmd | grep ${SERVER_NAME} | cut -d' ' -f1 | grep -v grep":g' scriptName
That's what I'm attempting to do. I'm attempting to replace this:
ps -ef | grep $(cat $PID_FILE) | grep -v grep
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to search and replace a particular string in a file. Only the exact match of the string should be replaced.
eg: File contents : abc abcd abcdef
--> Replace only 'abc' with 'xyz', but it should not replace abcd with xyzd.
So the o/p should be: xyz abcd abcdef.
How can this be done? I... (5 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi,
how can i make use of a command in the replacement segment..
cat a | sed '/^*]\{3\}$/{
s/\(.*\)/REPLACEMENT/g
}'
suppose if I want to use a awk command in the replacement section , how to achieve that ?
Thanks (1 Reply)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys, I hope you can help me with my problem.
I have a text file that contains lines like this:
78 ANGELO -809.05
79 ANGELO2 -5,000.06
I need to find all occurences of amounts that are negative and replace them with x's
78 ANGELO xxxxxxx
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Discussion started by: amangeles
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07-19-2013
