Replace a string in a string with m4

[shellnewbie]

Dear all,

I have the current m4 command substituting words in my script.

cat << EOF | m4 -D PROJECT_EXPLUID=${PROJECT_EXPLUID} -D PROJECT_TRIGRAMME=${PROJECT_TRIGRAMME}

it does its job for patterns like :

some commands PROJECT_TRIGRAMME some commands

but not for

sometextPROJECT_TRIGRAMMEsometext

Do you have any ideas how can i substitute text without using an other command, i searched on the man, but i dont get it. Using quotes doesn't help.

Thanks again.

 

[feherke]

Hi

My [tt]m4[/tt] knowledge is old and probably outdated ( if it was ever up to date ), but I would do it like this :

sometext`'PROJECT_TRIGRAMME`'sometext

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/