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Old 04-02-2009
Replacing a character in a line
Hi All

I want to replace a character in a line, but position will be different form one iteration to another.
So i m keeping the position i a variable.
I am trying with following code

Code:
pos=3
echo "Hello World, Good Morning" | sed 's/\(.\{$pos\}\)./\1Y/'

But its not working, Can you please help.

Thanks
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 04-02-2009 at 02:41 AM.. Reason: added code tags
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Old 04-02-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Usha Shastri
Code:
pos=3
echo "Hello World, Good Morning" | sed 's/\(.\{$pos\}\)./\1Y/'

Replace the single quotes with double quotes.
Code:
echo "Hello World, Good Morning" | sed "s/\(.\{$pos\}\)./\1Y/"

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Old 04-02-2009
Its working, Thanks.
 
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