Using a variable in a sed command

[Guest_imported]

I'm using an input variable in the sed command which gets ignoored. Here is the part of the script that doesn't work.

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echo "\nPlease Enter exactly the string that you want to change...\c"

read ans1

sed 's/ $ans1/ALEXGGG/' infile >outfile
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If I don't use the variable the string is changed. Please help.

 

[jad]

$ans1 is being takne as a string literal ...

change the 's in the sed command to "s

e.g. sed 's/ ... command to sed "s/ ...

 

[KarveR]

sed 's/ $ans1/ALEXGGG/' infile >outfile

should read:
sed "s/ALEXGGG/$ans1/" infile > outfile

sed "s/what you have in infile/what you want as replacement in outfile/" infile > outfile ***************************************
Party on, dudes!

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks guys, I can't believe I missed that.