Edit file line on remote machine
 

Hi,

after few days of trying i have decided to ask for help. My problem is following, i am writing script for editing specific line in specific file on remote machine using ssh. Problem is i cant pass double quotes in my variable. To be clear, here is the command i use to edit file:
-before script comes to this line i have exported variable called $w-
sshpass -p 'PASSWORD' ssh root@IP_ADDRESS -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no 'sed -i '12s/.*/few_words="'$w'"/' /path/to/file
Now, everything works fine but i can not get double quotes in remote file. Result should be few_words="variable", what i get is few_words=variable. When i execute this command locally it works ( i get few_words="variable"), but in script it does not.

Thanks in advance...

A few things to try:
1) Escape the double-quote:
2) Put the command in a file on remote machine, make it executable and call that file via ssh.

3) Add an extra line substituting "few_words=variable" few_words="variable"

[QUOTE=pingu;4792516]A few things to try:
1) Escape the double-quote:
this does not work

2) Put the command in a file on remote machine, make it executable and call that file via ssh.

yes, this is solution (i have tried it works), but i can't believe it is not possible to send double-quotes in variable via ssh?
i mean extra script just for double-quotes???

Thank you and best regards m8

work fine for me

no, it is not working for me...

tnx

You have to escape the double quotes, but you must protect both the escape character and the double quotes from the local shell. Example:
Don't worry about the single quotes that embed the sed command, since the w variable is expanded by the local shell and it is its literal value that travels to the remote machine.

yesssss!!!!

Thank you so much colucix, you are my savior!

Respect and best regards m8

You're welcome! :)