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Bash / Sed help?

Hi All,
I need to insert:

Code:

prompt=(\\u@\\h) [\\d]>\\_

Into my /etc/my.cnf file via a bash script using either echo or sed.

I am going a bit crazy can anyone please assist?

Thanks

Hi,

the following works in zsh

Code:

echo 'prompt=(\\\\u@\\\\h) [\\\\d]>\\\\_' >> /etc/my.cnf

If you are using bash I don't think you need to escape the backslashes, so:

Code:

echo 'prompt=(\\u@\\h) [\\d]>\\_' >> /etc/my.cnf

What shell are you using?

Evo2.

EDIT: oops I see now that you already specified bash.

Code:

echo 'prompt=(\\u@\\h) [\\d]>\\_' >t.t



cat t.t



prompt=(\\u@\\h) [\\d]>\\_

Thanks chrism01!

I was doing echo -e and having issues....

This solved it: echo 'prompt=(\\u@\\h) [\\d]>\\_' >> /etc/my.cnf

Thanks evo2 also for your reply!

---------- Post added 02-08-13 at 02:05 AM ----------

Thanks chrism01!

I was doing echo -e and having issues....

This solved it: echo 'prompt=(\\u@\\h) [\\d]>\\_' >> /etc/my.cnf

Thanks evo2 also for your reply!

There are lots of ways to add text to a file, the simplest of which don't require any external commands, just a '>>' redirect.

A slightly more complex one, which can be used to add multiple lines at once, is a here document.

Code:

cat >>/etc/my.cnf  <<"ENDSTRING"

newline1

newline2

newline3

ENDSTRING

All of the text between the ENDSTRINGS will be directed as-is to the file. The quote marks around the first ENDSTRING keep any variable names or other patterns from expanding. Remove them if you want substitutions to be done before printing.

http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide...nd_Herestrings

For more advanced editing work inside scripts, such as inserting lines at the beginning of a file, you do generally have to use an external command. But instead of sed, consider using ed.

http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/howto/edit-ed
http://snap.nlc.dcccd.edu/learn/nlc/ed.html
(also read the info page)