replace "" for "/tmp/" when line begins with the word string

[amdx64bt]

I want to replace this "" for this "/tmp/" in all the files of a folder. But only in the lines that begin with the word string. (Please notice that the input has "" and the output has to "").

 

[feherke]

Hi

What I understood from your words :

awk '/^word/{sub(/""/,"\"/tmp/\"")}1' /input/file

[gray]# or[/gray]

awk '/^\w/{sub(/""/,"\"/tmp/\"")}1' /input/file

If none of them is what you want, please show us a sample input and the desired output.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[amdx64bt]

#Input:
string texturename = ""; )
Ct = ( texturename != "" ) ?

#Output
string texturename = "/tmp/"; )
Ct = ( texturename != "" ) ?

 

[feherke]

Hi

Got it.

awk '$1=="string"{sub(/""/,"\"/tmp/\"")}1' /input/file

[gray]# or[/gray]

awk '$1~/^string/{sub(/""/,"\"/tmp/\"")}1' /input/file

The first will not replace the following lines, the second will replace them too :

[tt] string:whatever = "";
string="";
stringlist whatever = "";[/tt]

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[amdx64bt]

Thanks, works fine.