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Old 05-13-2014
Help with sed to replace entire line
Hi,

I need to replace an entire mailx line as follows using sed:
Code:
sed -e 's/<line1>/<newline>/g' <filename>

But I am getting comman garbled error since the new line has many special characters. I enclosed allspecial chars in \ but still no use.

Can any one help me?

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags next time even for so little code, thanks
Last edited by vbe; 05-13-2014 at 06:31 PM..
# 2  
Old 05-14-2014
Please post examples of your input and desired output to help us help you better :-)
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Old 05-14-2014
Please see my code:

Code:
sed -e 's/\"`\date\`"\/\"`\date\`"\ \`\cat \$\SRC\/\mail_list\`\/g' sap_prod_test_accts.ksh1 > sap_prod_test_accts.ksh2
sed: command garbled: s/\"`\date\`"\/\"`\date\`"\ \`\cat \$\SRC\/\mail_list\`\/g

Last edited by Franklin52; 05-14-2014 at 04:58 AM.. Reason: fixed code tags
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