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Old 11-07-2011, 03:50 AM   #1
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replacing text in xml file using sed


Hi

I am trying to replace the Valuebdea8cda8c5db7bd with BLAH globally using sed

the data value i.e Valuebdea8cda8c5db7bd will be different value throughout the xml file .

Code:
<data>Valuebdea8cda8c5db7bd</data>

sed 's#\(<data>\)*\(/data>\)#\1'BLAH<'\2#g' xmlfile.xml
Anyone spot why this not correct ?
 
Old 11-07-2011, 04:18 AM   #2
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It misses the dot before the asterisk:
Code:
sed 's#\(data>\).*\(;/data>\)#\1BLAH\&lt\2#g' xmlfile.xml
 
Old 11-07-2011, 06:16 AM   #3
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Thanks but it doesn't update the file (xmlfile.xml)

i tried placing sed -i before but it creates a new file ...

Any ideas how i can update the file with the new value ?
 
Old 11-07-2011, 06:55 AM   #4
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Indeed, using sed -i:
Code:
sed -i 's#\(data>\).*\(;/data>\)#\1BLAH\&lt\2#g' xmlfile.xml
You sure the original file has not been modified? Try
Code:
sed -i.bck 's#\(data>\).*\(;/data>\)#\1BLAH\&lt\2#g' xmlfile.xml
so that it creates a backup copy of the original file (named xmlfile.xml.bck) that you can use later to check the differences.
 
  


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