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Old 04-23-2007
Replace path in a file with dot
Hi,
I have a file with below values.

/uvxapps/etl/Ascential/DataStage/DSEngine/dsenv.orig
/uvxapps/etl/Ascential/DataStage/DSEngine/dsenv
/uvxapps/etl/Ascential/DataStage/DSEngine/sample/.cshrc
/uvxapps/etl/Ascential/DataStage/DSEngine/sample/.login
/uvxapps/etl/Ascential/DataStage/Config/sample/f1.txt
/uvxapps/etl/Ascential/DataStage/Config/sample/f2.txt

I need to replace the path (not full path) with . (dot)

Below will be the information that I will be having.
$GroupDir will be from a the part of the path that needs to be replaced with . (dot). If GroupDir=/uvxapps/etl/Ascential then I want the output to look like

./DataStage/DSEngine/dsenv.orig
./DataStage/DSEngine/dsenv
./DataStage/DSEngine/sample/.cshrc
./DataStage/DSEngine/sample/.login
./DataStage/Config/sample/f1.txt
./DataStage/Config/sample/f2.txt

cat ${BackupDir}/ArchCom.tmp | sed "s;${GroupDir};\.;" > ${BackupDir}/ArchCom.txt

I tried the above in my shell script but did not work. Where as the same command works fine when executed @ command line. (I set the values of GroupDir & BackupDir in the command line where as it is through parameter in the shell script)

Thanks.
Last edited by njoshi; 04-23-2007 at 09:40 PM.. Reason: Delete
# 2  
Old 04-23-2007
I had no problem with the following

Code:
#!/bin/sh

GroupDir=/uvxapps/etl/Ascential
cat ArchCom.tmp | sed "s;${GroupDir};\.;"

# 3  
Old 04-23-2007
Sorry guys, the problem being faced is due to another issue. My apologies for the inconvenience.
# 4  
Old 04-23-2007
Code:
a="/uvxapps/etl/Ascential"
awk  -v var="$a" '{gsub(var, "",$1 );print $1}' "file"

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