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# 1  
Old 06-05-2007
sed not working

I am working on sed ... to replace a string... but not able to save.

i need to repalce a string in httpd.conf in numerous directories.

I am doing this

find /opt/apache/*/conf/ -name httpd.conf -exec sed 's/LogLevel debug/LogLevel error/g' {} \;

even tried with

find /opt/apache/*/conf/ -name httpd.conf -exec sed -e 's/LogLevel debug/LogLevel error/g' {} \;

tried this too
find /opt/apache/*/conf/ -name httpd.conf -exec sed -e 's/LogLevel debug/LogLevel error/g' httpd.conf httpd.conf {} \;


I am seeing output in screen but its not gettn saved
# 2  
Old 06-05-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by logic0
I am working on sed ... to replace a string... but not able to save.
i need to repalce a string in httpd.conf in numerous directories.
I am doing this
find /opt/apache/*/conf/ -name httpd.conf -exec sed 's/LogLevel debug/LogLevel error/g' {} \;
even tried with
find /opt/apache/*/conf/ -name httpd.conf -exec sed -e 's/LogLevel debug/LogLevel error/g' {} \;
tried this too
find /opt/apache/*/conf/ -name httpd.conf -exec sed -e 's/LogLevel debug/LogLevel error/g' httpd.conf httpd.conf {} \;
I am seeing output in screen but its not gettn saved
By default, sed will not make the change permanent unless you use the -i flag. And not all sed support the -i flag. If your sed does have that flag, use

Code:
find /opt/apache/*/conf/ -name httpd.conf -exec sed -i -e 's/LogLevel debug/LogLevel error/g'  {} \;

The other option is to use perl.
# 3  
Old 06-05-2007
-i illegal

i am using solaris 8. sed with -i tells

sed: illegal option -- i
# 4  
Old 06-05-2007
Code:
# find /opt/apache/*/conf/ -name httpd.conf | while read file; do
>    sed 's/LogLevel debug/LogLevel error/g' ${file} > ${file}.new
>    mv ${file}.new ${file}
> done

Cheers
ZB
# 5  
Old 06-05-2007
thanks

it works just like that koolSmilie

cheers
logic0
 
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