Another sed ?

[pmcmicha]

I am trying to do the following....

VAR=$(cat file) # file is only one string

sed 's/[${VAR}]/TERM=at386-ie/' file > /tmp/file

The problem is that the string is showing up in there like this: TERM=at386-ieM=at386-ie. Any ideas why?

Thanks in advance.

 

[MikeLacey]

what is the string in the file? Mike
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[pmcmicha]

The corrupted string could look like this: RM=at386-ie

The script is designed to replace the corrupted string "RM=at386-ie" with the correct string: "TERM=at386-ie". But since the corrupted string will not always be the same, I can't always search for this.

 

[squirrelbite]

Replace the single quotes with double quotes around your sed command and remove the left and right brackets around your VAR variable like this:

sed "s/${VAR}/TERM-at386-ie/" file > /tmp/file

that should do it for you.