Replacing string in a specific line

[chibaru]

I'm trying to replace text in a specific line and can't get it to work. I'm fairly new with Unix scripting. I tried searching the forum but didn't find one that fit my needs.

I have a file of transactions and the first record of the file contains a header with a date. I would like to replace the date with another date. The header starts with a '1' in the first position.

I tried using sed but that didn't work....(please don't laugh):

sed -e '/^1/s/$hdrdte/$Curr_dte/g' $file

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

try it with double quotes:

sed -e "/^1/s/$hdrdte/$Curr_dte/g" $file >${file}.new

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[PHV]

sed -e "/^1/s!$hdrdte!$Curr_dte!" $file

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[chibaru]

Thank you both for such quick response!! They both worked great!!