Sed Command & Passing Values

joey52 · 12-27-2004, 01:13 PM

sed "s/^Intf1=.*$/Intf1=${3}/g" ${HOME}server.cfg > ${HOME}temp.ini

replace

s= substitute
^ is matches the beginning of the line with INtf1 replacing everything after - sign
.* means match all characters
$ end of line

How are we able to pass all acharacters without messing uop the sed command

like #%^

jailbait · 12-27-2004, 06:44 PM

"How are we able to pass all acharacters without messing uop the sed command

like #%^"

You escape the special characters with a \ such as:
\#
\%
\^

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Steve Stites

joey52 · 12-27-2004, 07:04 PM

sed "s/^Intf1=.*\#\%\^$/Intf1=${3}/g" ${HOME}server.cfg > ${HOME}temp.ini

Is this it? If it is, that is one weird looker there.

jailbait · 12-27-2004, 07:42 PM

"sed "s/^Intf1=.*\#\%\^$/Intf1=${3}/g" ${HOME}server.cfg > ${HOME}temp.ini

Is this it? If it is, that is one weird looker there."

I think that is OK but bash has the final word, not me.

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Steve Stites

joey52 · 12-27-2004, 07:46 PM

I will try it tonight, but I guess there is no real easy way to do this other than specifying all the characters.

Thanks for your help.