Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Chaps,

I have a file which is like below:

>cat file.dat

FIRSTP SECONDP PATH="c:\ftp\dir\test.dat" USER=user1 PASS=*PASSWORD*
Sub1=Dir
Sub2=Test
>

I need to do the below:

1. Take each line, check if the line contains the word *PASSWORD*
2. If so check the USER (in this case user1) and lookup in another file pass.dat for the password
3. Replace the *PASSWORD* with the actual password (replace the stars as well)
4. The output file should contain the same lines as input file in the same order with just the password updated

Please could you help?

One of the main problems i find is the "c:\ftp" - somehow the \f is taking it as next line and im unable to manipulate that.

Thanks in advance,
D