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Old 05-08-2006, 05:36 AM   #1
vikrambhimbar
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Need help to write Shell Script


Hi ,

Can Any one tell me how I will be able to overwrite specific line from a file using Shell script.

For Example
Suppose from /etc/passwd file if I have to find entry of any user say user "a" and modify it with some other value....But only the entry of user "a"....How should I do this,


Please help Me.

Thanks,
Vikram
 
Old 05-08-2006, 06:10 AM   #2
Artanicus
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The easiest way to do it would be to use sed.
A sample:
Code:
cat /etc/passwd | sed 's/username.*/foouser:x:1111:111::\/home\/foouser:\/bin\/bash/'
Remember to escape the path slashes.. (:
 
  


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