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Old 07-14-2008
Script to update values for the parameters

Hello,

I am writing script to substitute values for a parameter in the file but I am getting error.

for v1 in
grep "pProjectName=" global.cfg
do
sed -e "/s/$v1/pProjectName=Test/ global.cfg
done

Please correct me if I am wrong, thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 07-14-2008
You can use just sed:
Code:
 sed '/^pProjectName=$/s/$/Test/g' global.cfg

 
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