simple sed question..... 1

[gringomike]

Hi all,

I'm trying to use sed to permenantly change a recurring entry in a script to something else. All I need to do is change "text1" to "file2" everytime "text1" appears.

From the command line I am doing the following;

# sed 's/text1/file2/g' /path/to/script/scriptname

The script then echo's to the terminal with the changes I have made.

When I "more" the script however the changes have not taken effect.

I know I must be doing something wrong but I don't know what!

Help!

GM

 

[PHV]

Try something like this:
sed 's/text1/file2/g' /path/to/script/scriptname >tmp.$$ && mv tmp.$$ /path/to/script/scriptname

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[gringomike]

Fantastic - thanks again PHV!
I thought I may have missed a switch out but this works just as I had hoped!

GM

 

[michelebulloni]

Try something like this:
sed '/text1/r file2'

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[gringomike]

Hi michelebulloni,

Do you mean sed 's/text1/r file2/g' /path/to/scriptname

If so, it replaces "text1" with the string "r file2":-(

GM