The 32nd line of my file is "25 25 25 1 1 1".
I want to create 7 similar files but by replacing this 32nd line with " $i $i $i 1 1 1".
Where $i = 17,19,21,23,25,27,29

can anyone please suggest anything??

sed

I second the recommendation to look at sed for this. It will do what you describe. You might consider the -r option to make things easier to read.

If you are new to sed, then try here:

http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html
https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/sed.html

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Welcome to LQ. You'll notice a "Rule" is: post what you have tried.
I add: web-research (&post your keywords); gets lots of info instantly=faster

One very valuable technique that's often overlooked is: break it into simple pieces!!!
Here, start with i=17 then a single simple sed 32 print ...
to get the sed part working. Separately, write a bash for loop, that just echo each $i
Then, put them together. Use CODE tags to post what you try, and results.

Best wishes!!! Let us know... (interview? homework? What class?)

More: here's my web-search keywords (1st result might be sed solution!!!)
How to replace the n-th line in a file with a new line in Unix?

&1more: I had glitch on passing $i in single-quotes, and d then i on last line, so:

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If the files are small and the assignment is one-time, then just open it in your favourite text editor, make the changes and <save as ..> 7 times

OK

An attempt with sed

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Thank you it worked.
#!/bin/sh
file=inputfile
for i in 17 19 21 23 25 27 29
do
sed '
32 {
s/[^ ]\{1,\}/'$i'/1
s/[^ ]\{1,\}/'$i'/2
s/[^ ]\{1,\}/'$i'/3
}
' $file > $file.$i
done

This one exactly worked for my problem.

Interesting. I would have done it with the i command:

I guess the code golf can now commence.

I found it more challenging to retain the other fields.
(A classroom instructor will certainly smell a rat.)

Tc and others replace the whole line.
Can be done better with a s(substitute) command