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# 1  
Old 09-29-2015
sed and arrays
im trying to get sed to replace values while stepping through and array;-


Code:
package=( P1 PA PXL PKL )
tier=( T1 T2 T3 T4 )

for p in ${package[@]}
      do
      sed s/$p/${tier[@]}/ file.txt
done

im just getting command garbled

sed: command garbled: s/P1/T1
sed: command garbled: s/PA/T1
sed: command garbled: s/PXL/T1
sed: command garbled: s/PKL/T1

what am i doing wrong?
# 2  
Old 09-29-2015
That because of the spaces between the "tier" elements; sed considers the "s" command unterminated there.
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sudobash
# 3  
Old 09-29-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
That because of the spaces between the "tier" elements; sed considers the "s" command unterminated there.
ok that fixed that issue but it now means all the elements in that array have been replaced so the file before:-

Code:
HELLO-P1-B
YO-PA-B
HI-P1Q-B
MWM-PXL-B
SFDS-PKL-B
SD-PAA-B
ASHJ-P1-B

now looks like

Code:
HELLO-T1T2T3T4-B
YO-PA-B
HI-T1T2T3T4Q-B
MWM-PXL-B
SFDS-PKL-B
SD-PAA-B
ASHJ-T1T2T3T4-B
HELLO-P1-B
YO-T1T2T3T4-B
HI-P1Q-B
MWM-PXL-B
SFDS-PKL-B
SD-T1T2T3T4A-B
ASHJ-P1-B
HELLO-P1-B
YO-PA-B
HI-P1Q-B
MWM-T1T2T3T4-B
SFDS-PKL-B
SD-PAA-B
ASHJ-P1-B
HELLO-P1-B
YO-PA-B
HI-P1Q-B
MWM-PXL-B
SFDS-T1T2T3T4-B
SD-PAA-B
ASHJ-P1-B

rather than

Code:
HELLO-T1-B
YO-T2-B
HI-P1Q-B
MWM-T3-B
SFDS-T4-B
SD-PAA-B
ASHJ-T1-B

# 4  
Old 09-29-2015
That's not that easy. Even this
Code:
for p in ${!package[@]};       do       sed -ie "s/-${package[$p]}-/-${tier[$p]}-/" file; done

is fragile. sed may not be the approach of choice.
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sudobash
# 5  
Old 09-29-2015
would awk be a better tool?
# 6  
Old 09-29-2015
Code:
awk '
NR==1   {split (package, P)
         split (tier, T)
        }
$2 in P {$2=T[$2]}
1
' FS="-" tier="T1 T2 T3 T4" package="P1 PA PXL PKL" file
HELLO-T1-B
YO-T2-B
HI-P1Q-B
MWM-T3-B
SFDS-T4-B
SD-PAA-B
ASHJ-T1-B

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