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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hi All
I have one file with multiple lines in it, each line has static text and some variable enclosed in <<filename>> as well. e.g. as below
123, <<file1.txt>> this is my name, I stay at <<city.txt>> Thanks for visiting
348384y, this is my name <<fileabc.txt>>, I stay at near the mall of... (8 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone,
In one of my shell script I am doing sed/replace using a variable to find a string in a file & replace it with another string in same file.
The challenge which I am facing is that, the variable which I am using with "sed" is having one of character as "/"
Here is below how... (4 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a ksh script where I am trying to mask the password in the log files.
$loc - is my directory
$PGUIDE_DB_USER_PSW - is a variable that holds the password I am looking for
find $loc/logs -type f -exec sed -i "s/$PGUIDE_DB_USER_PSW/*****/"g {} \;
I get an error:
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am trying to replace the value of a variable in a file through another script.
Example:
Filename : abc.txt contents:
a=10
b=20
c=30
Need to change the value of, say, b - Tried using the following:
sed "s/${b}/15/g" abc.txt
Have tried various forms of sed (with single quotes,... (4 Replies)
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5. Red Hat
Hi all,
Hereby wish to have your advise for below:
Main concept is
I intend to get current directory of my script file.
This script file will be copied to /etc/init.d.
A string in this copy will be replaced with current directory value.
Below is original script file:
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys,
Hi have this input (Menu.xml)<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<breakfast_menu>
<food>
<name>Berry-Berry Belgian Waffles</name>
<price>$8.95</price>
<calories>900</calories>
</food>
<food>
<name>French Toast</name>
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have this command and it works fine.
My question is that how can we replace the N by a variable, to print for instance a big number of lines. It means if I want 100 lines after an expression, to not put "N" 100 times in the sed.
Code:
$ sed -n '/aaa/{n;N;N;s///g;s/;/; /g;p;}'... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rany1
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ok, so, let's say I have the variable $GMAILID....How can I use it with sed command so to replace a string in a file? e.g.:
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have lines with:
elseif (req.http.host ~ "^(www.)?edificationtube.com$|www.edificationtube.org www.edificationtube.net edificationtube.org www.edificationtube.com edificationtube.net") {
elseif (req.http.host ~ "^(www.)?collegecontender.com$|www.collegecontender.com collegecontenders.com... (3 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm trying to replace text in a file with text from a variable
I have the following in my script, but its not working:
#!/bin/ksh
echo "Enter the path to load scripts"
read x
echo "updating the templates"
sed "s/CHANGE_ME_TO_LOAD_PATH/"$x"/g" LoadFiles.sh > LoadFiles2.sh
I thought... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: orahi001
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