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# 8  
Old 08-26-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by perseous
sorry, i don't know well :
sed 's/XXXX/'$LINE'/' file1.txt >>file3.txt
set -x done file2.txt
cat file3.txt

and i get file3:
Code:
Monday
Tuesday
     Wednesday
Thursday

Do i miss sth?

set -x goes at the top (may be first line after the hashbang line). Not before done.
# 9  
Old 08-26-2013
Code:
cat file2 | xargs -L1 -I{} sed -e 's/XXXX/{}/g' file1
Monday home
Tuesday home
home Wednesday
Thursday home
Monday school
Tuesday school
school Wednesday
Thursday school
Monday cinema
Tuesday cinema
cinema Wednesday
Thursday cinema

# 10  
Old 08-26-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by krishmaths
Do you use bash or ksh?
Do you have the first line of the script as #!/bin/bash based on the shell?
Can you paste the entire script for us to debug?
Code:
# sed 's/XXXX/'$LINE'/' file1.txt>>file3.txt
+ sed s/XXXX// file1.txt
# set -x done file2.txt          
+ set -x done file2.txt
# cat file3.txt                 
+ cat file3.txt
Monday
Tuesday
 Wednesday
Thursday

# 11  
Old 08-26-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by perseous
Code:
# sed 's/XXXX/'$LINE'/' file1.txt>>file3.txt
+ sed s/XXXX// file1.txt
# set -x done file2.txt          
+ set -x done file2.txt
# cat file3.txt                 
+ cat file3.txt
Monday
Tuesday
 Wednesday
Thursday

set -x is at the wrong place. Could you please post the actual script?

Alternatively you may try the solution posted by rajamadhavan in post #9. It works.
# 12  
Old 08-26-2013
Here's what i get when tried rajamadhavan's post:
Code:
Monday home
Tuesday home
 Wednesday
Monday school
Tuesday school
 Wednesday
Monday cinemaol
Tuesday cinema
cinema Wednesday
Thursday cinema

I don't know much about these stuff as i use ssh connecting to my host. so please tell me clearly what am doing wrong.
# 13  
Old 08-26-2013
Cant make out whats going wrong. It works on my system. Please double check the contents of file1.

-Raja
This User Gave Thanks to rajamadhavan For This Post:
perseous
# 14  
Old 08-26-2013
content is fine. Think it's just not work for me. Could u explain why i get this on first solution? SOrry if i bother you because i really need this whereas i'm noob myself

Code:
#!/bin/bash

set -x
sed 's/XXXX/'$LINE'/' file1.txt >>file3.txt
+ sed s/XXXX// file1.txt
done file2.txt
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `done'

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