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pinga123

11-06-2009 12:37 AM

Help required for sed command.

I want a replacement of line at perticular line number
say Number = 5
and Variable = abc

whenever i execute the following command line 5 get replaced with $Variable but not abc.

What is wrong in below code

Code:

sed -e "$Number c\$Variable" vm.cfg > tmp

indiajoe

11-06-2009 12:45 AM

Put two slashes

Hi
You should put two slashes to prevent escape of $

Code:

sed -e "$Number c\\$Variable" vm.cfg > tmp

Cheers
-indiajoe

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