Change Text in Variable 1

[jestrada101]

Suppose I have a variable with stored data..

I want a script to change the data while stored in the variable... Is this possible?

Something like this...

mydata="John went to the store."
sed -e 's/store/mall/g' $mydata

echo $mydata

My output would be: John went to the mall.

Thanks for any help
je

 

[SamBones]

Yup...

   $ mydata="John went to the store."
   $ mydata=`echo ${mydata}|sed 's/store/mall/g'`
   $ echo $mydata
   John went to the mall.

Hope this helps.

 

[jestrada101]

Perfect thanks!