Calling "perl -ipe" inside a UNIX Korn Shell Script 1

[Ditter]

Hi:

I've been trying to use perl -ipe inside a Korn Shell Script top perform substitutions. A sample code is:

...
CRITERIA="'s/$SEARCH_STRING/$REPLACE_STRING/g'"
...
/usr/bin/perl -ipe $CRITERIA $FILE
...

Where:
$SEARCH_STRING is a korn shell var that I've created to
store dynamic search criteria strings.

$REPLACE_STRING is the substitution string.

$FILE is the file where the substitutions will be performed.

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PROBLEM:
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PERL call is not translating properly shell variables.
I've also tried:

/usr/bin/perl -ipe "$CRITERIA" $FILE
/usr/bin/perl -ipe \$CRITERIA $FILE

And it doesn't work. What's wrong???

 

[aigles]

Remove single quote from CRITERIA definition :
[tt]
...
CRITERIA="s/$SEARCH_STRING/$REPLACE_STRING/g"
...
/usr/bin/perl -p -i -e $CRITERIA $FILE
...
[/tt]

Jean Pierre.

 

[Ditter]

Thank yoy very much!!! Now it works fine. =)