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Old 05-14-2007
sed query
hi
i had posted this earlier.. got no reply !!
how to change assigned value in a file using sed
suppose the file contains
age = 30;

how to change it to
age =50;

i tried sed 's/^age*./age =50;' filename but i am getting the o/p as

age =50; 30;

plz hlp!!
# 2  
Old 05-14-2007
's/^age = 30/age =50;/'

You must have gotten an error form sed because the command was missing the ending /
# 3  
Old 05-14-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by gopsman
i tried sed 's/^age*./age =50;' filename but i am getting the o/p as
I think asterisk and period are reversed. Try
Code:
sed 's/^age.*/age =50;/' filename

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Old 05-14-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by kahuna
I think asterisk and period are reversed. Try
Code:
sed 's/^age.*/age =50;/' filename


hi thnks tht worked!!
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Old 02-03-2009
How to post a query in this forum.
please help
Last edited by tanyaheerani; 02-04-2009 at 11:19 AM..
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