Shell Programming and Scripting

echo "\047profile: /export/home/unix1/auto.pr\047 >> $xxyy"

echo '"'profile: /export/home/unix1/auto.pr'"' >> $xxyy

#!/usr/bin/env sh

# @(#) s1       Demonstrate insert of line with single quotes and variable.

set -o nounset
echo

debug=":"
debug="echo"

## Use local command version for the commands in this demonstration.

echo "(Versions displayed with local utility \"version\")"
version >/dev/null 2>&1 && version bash sed

echo

FILE=${1-data1}
echo " Input file $FILE:"
cat $FILE

echo
echo " Results from sed:"

sed "
/permission/ a\
echo 'profile: /export/home/unix1/auto.pr' >> \$xxyy
" $FILE

exit 0

% ./s1

(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
GNU bash 2.05b.0
GNU sed version 4.1.2

 Input file data1:
This is a line
Another line
This line contains permission.
This is the line that should appear after the inserted line.
Last line.

 Results from sed:
This is a line
Another line
This line contains permission.
echo 'profile: /export/home/unix1/auto.pr' >> $xxyy
This is the line that should appear after the inserted line.
Last line.