SED Question

[SOL9MAN]

Hi
If I have the following variable set as below, How would I use SED to replace the regular expression/tag ([0-9]\{7}\) with a number ie 1000

INPUT_DATAFILE="NW_S\([0-9]\{7}\)\.TXT

regards

 

[PHV]

Try this:

sed 's!\\(\[0-9\]\\{7}\\)!1000!'

Hope This Help
PH.