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Old 06-28-2001
finding a numeric value in a file for replacement

thank u optimus,but one more dout..it might be silly..how do i get the value in the file that should be replaced..while running the script..its an numeric value..that i want to change..

when i used sed for replacement ie.

sed s/521000/100/p
with print option it is printing two times..why so...and how to get that 521000 from a file...

any body...please ...

can any one else give me the solution for this..if possible with the code...itz urgent pls...Smilie

hello kapil this is a script where we dont the the exact value of the number ...we need to get it at run time ...so my dout is how to search for a particular number in a file to replace it...

Last edited by Babu; 06-30-2001 at 05:20 PM..
# 2  
Old 06-30-2001
HI

If you want to search for a value in a file you find it using search option and futher if you want to replace it you can use the search and replace command.
now if you want to search 521000 and replace it with 100
then you can write a script file.

#!/bin/ksh
vi try.txt << !
:%s/521000/100/g
:wq
!

Hope this works.

Last edited by kapilv; 07-21-2001 at 01:26 PM..
# 3  
Old 08-01-2001
Hello Babu

I had the same problem, and I got round it by using the cut option.

In my case I had a file with the following lines:
Quote:
[Rollout]
SerialNumber=12
where the number would change. I used the command:

Code:
cut -d= -f2 -s [filename]

This sets the delimiter to "=" and then prints field 2, and only prints lines on which the delimiter is found.

Hope this helps,
# 4  
Old 08-01-2001
well on a command line you can pass arguments to your script.

use the vaiables $1 $2 $3 ...........

ie:

#script.ksh 521000 100

and in the script you could have something like

sed 's/$1/$2/g'
# 5  
Old 08-01-2001
Replacement

if u can edit this file using vi do it, then....

:g/old_value/s//new_value/g (enter)

and every "old_value" will be changed into the "new_value" all file along.

c-u.
 
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