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# 1  
Old 12-26-2008
whats wrong in this pls help how to take $i value ?
for i in `cat rgu`
do
echo $i
sed -e '/LABEL=$i/,/fi/d' g_scripts > g_scripts2
cat g_scripts2 > g_scripts
done
# 2  
Old 12-26-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by santosh1234
for i in `cat rgu`
do
echo $i
sed -e '/LABEL=$i/,/fi/d' g_scripts > g_scripts2
cat g_scripts2 > g_scripts
done
$i in sed

use

Code:
sed "s/.../" filename

# 3  
Old 12-26-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by matrixmadhan
$i in sed

use

Code:
sed "s/.../" filename

It's not only the $i in sed, your approach is wrong. You're deleting a section of g_scripts, redirect the output to g_scripts2 and overwrite g_scripts with g_scripts2.

Regards
# 4  
Old 12-26-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
It's not only the $i in sed, your approach is wrong. You're deleting a section of g_scripts, redirect the output to g_scripts2 and overwrite g_scripts with g_scripts2.

Regards
The Part that I have said I think its right and Franklin52 you are right that OP's approach is dangerous unless the files are of small size.
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