I am trying to create a script to remove all instances of the word done from within my script. then cat a text file with the word done in it to append the word done at the end of my script so the while loop terminates properly


sed -i "s/done/ /g" /home/dnoob/script

cat text >> /home/dnoob/script

this does append the word done however
after i run the script the sed commands removes
the word done from within the sed command only

sed -i "s/ / /g"

what is wrong with my syntax here

I have tried single qoutes and back slash

From within what sed command? Is there one in the file?

You may need to explain further.

Hi,

is the 'sed' command inside your script that you want to modify??
Please post your script.
Another issue: You do not need to cat the word done from another text file. You can do this with sed:

here is the code


sed -i "s/ / /g" /home/dnoob/Desktop/scripts/shell.sh
cat dnoob >> /home/dnoob/Desktop/scripts/shell.sh

loop=y

while [ "$loop" = y ] ; do
echo "what does baket mean:" ; read word
if [ "$word" = why ]
then
echo "that is correct"
else
echo "that is not correct"
fi
echo "press (y) to continue (n) to quit" ; read loop
clear

if [ "$loop" = y ]
then

echo "what does maganda mean" ; read word
if [ "$word" = pretty ]
then
echo "good job"
else
echo "that is not correct"
fi
echo "(y) to continue (n) to terminate" ; read loop
clear
fi



if [ "$loop" = y ]
then

echo "what does pogi mean" ; read word
if [ "$word" = handsome ]
then
echo "good job"
else
echo "that is not correct"
fi
echo "(y) to continue (n) to terminate" ; read loop
clear
fi


done
done

crts

the sed commnans works the first time i run it sed -i 's/done/ /g;$ a done' /path/to/file
when i look at the script after i run it the word done disappears
sed -i 's/ / /g;$ a '

the sed command is inside my script

Can you explain what it is you are trying to achieve in this script?

the purpose of this script is two fold 1 test me in tagalog. 2 is to help me learn shell programming. this is a project i have created for myself once i complete this one i will move on to my next project.

thank you for the assistance i got it