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Old 08-02-2016
[sed]: Substitute a string with a multiline value
Dear all,

I try to replace a string of characters in a file (MyFile.txt) by a multiline value of the variable "Myvar":

Code:
[x004191a@xsnl11p317a TEST_DAE]$ cat MyFile.txt
DESCRIPTION '@TargetTable SCHEMA'
(
 @InputFlowDef
);
[x004191a@xsnl11p317a TEST_DAE]$

The content of Myvar:

Code:
[x004191a@xsnl11p317a TEST_DAE]$ echo "$Myvar"
col1
, col2
, col3
[x004191a@xsnl11p317a TEST_DAE]$


Using sed command in the following way, I got the error:

Code:
[x004191a@xsnl11p317a TEST_DAE]$ sed "s/@InputFlowDef/$Myvar/" MyFile.txt
sed: -e expression #1, char 20: unterminated `s' command
[x004191a@xsnl11p317a TEST_DAE]$


My aim is to get the following result:

Code:
[x004191a@xsnl11p317a TEST_DAE]$ cat MyFileResult.txt
DESCRIPTION '@TargetTable SCHEMA'
(
col1
, col2
, col3
);
[x004191a@xsnl11p317a TEST_DAE]$

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Didier.



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Last edited by RudiC; 08-02-2016 at 02:36 PM.. Reason: Added code tags.
# 2  
Old 08-02-2016
Code:
while read line
do
   if [ "$line" = "@InputFlowDef" ]
   then
     echo "$Myvar"
   else
     echo "$line"
   fi
done < MyFile.txt

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dae
# 3  
Old 08-02-2016
I don't think you can do this with sed and a shell variable. Create a temp file and use that:
Code:
echo "$Myvar" >/tmp/XX
sed -e'/@InputFlowDef/ {r/tmp/XX' -e';d}' file
DESCRIPTION '@TargetTable SCHEMA'
(
col1
, col2
, col3
);


Or use e.g. awk...
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dae
# 4  
Old 08-02-2016
rdrtx1 & RudiC, thanks a lot for your answers !

RudiC, you mentioned in your answer awk would be useful to carry out that kind of operation.

If you have few minutes, would you like to share the syntax ?
# 5  
Old 08-02-2016
Using awk:-
Code:
awk -v S="$Myvar" '/@InputFlowDef/{$0=S}1' MyFile.txt

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