Sed problem

[pho01]

One of the variables, I have:

DATE="04/15/2003"

Then I do a sed:
cat ${filename} | sed -e s/"Start Date:"/"${DATE}"/ > ${RUNDIR}/status.new

Because DATE contains '/', it screwed up the file. 'status.new' becomes 0 length file. How do I fix the problem or how do I change the variable $DATE to "04\/15\/2003"?

 

[vgersh99]

sed -e "s=Start Date:=${DATE}=" ${filename}

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[tdatgod]

Hi,
As vgersh99 points out. Use a different delimiter like the '=' sign.

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[bigoldbulldog]

You could change the variable to

DATE=&quot;04\/15\/2003&quot;

or

DATE=&quot;`date '+%m\/%d\/%Y'`&quot;

or even

cat ${filename} | sed -e &quot;s/Start Date:/`date '+%m\/%d\/%Y'`/&quot; > ${RUNDIR}/status.new

Of course if you use the variable in other places in your script then you have to worry about the back slashes, so Vlad's solution is the best and certainly the most readable.


Cheers,
ND

bigoldbulldog@hotmail.com