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Old 04-23-2014
How to update a date dynamically using sed?
hi guys,

i need to update a date in my config file via shell file
M using this statement but it is not working ...any suggestions
Code:
cat $CONFIG_FILE | sed -e 's/START_RUN_DATE=$START_RUN_DATE/START_RUN_DATE=$NEW_END_DATE/g' > srap_config_new.txt

Last edited by Franklin52; 04-23-2014 at 08:38 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 04-23-2014
Try using double quotes instead of single quotes:
Code:
sed "s/START_RUN_DATE=$START_RUN_DATE/START_RUN_DATE=$NEW_END_DATE/g" "$CONFIG_FILE" > srap_config_new.txt

But make sure that $START_RUN_DATE and $NEW_END_DATE do not contain / characters or other characters special to sed .
 
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