UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hai everybody,

i am new to scripting,i have to replace a value with another value ina script...both the values i have got in two seperate variables...can anyone give me the syntax how to do this in a shell script...

ie.

e1=$5,e2=$6
v2=$1,v3=$7

now i want to replace e1 with v2..and e2 with v3....both e1 and e2 are on the same line in a file...can i do this with a single command...if so..pls give me the syntax..

itz urgent please....

my q is suppose e1=5000,and v2=100,i want to replace 5000 with 100,how to do it in kornshell..

I´m not sure about your question but let´s go: to replace a variable´s value with another´s variable´s value, just do this:

e1=$v2;e2=$v3

and so on. I´m not sure if that´s your question but if you yant I can send you a documentation about Bash Shel Scripting.

Note: there are some differences between the existing shells (bash, bourne, korn. c-shel, ...)

any comments, be free...

HTT

e1=$v2
but in your script first specify which your shell (korn shell)
#!/bin/ksh
that's it