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Old 09-11-2007
replace item..
Hello,
I have the following basic script which is remove the fielld. How can I replace another value in the field? Thx!!

for file in `cat $listn.txt`
do
get_file -q $file
grep -v '<customer-id>13000</customer-id>' $file > $file.grep
done
echo All processed file done!!

input file:
<customer-id>13000</customer-id>

output file:
<customer-id>2400</customer-id>

happyv
Last edited by happyv; 09-13-2007 at 02:04 AM..
# 2  
Old 09-13-2007
anyone can help????
# 3  
Old 09-14-2007
Try...
Code:
sed 's!<customer-id>13000</customer-id>!<customer-id>2400</customer-id>!' $file > $file.sed

 
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