easy sed question, i hope

captgoodnight · 02-27-2004, 12:03 AM

Here's what I'm trying to do,

SITEA="http:\/\/www.linuxsecurity.com<\/stringvalue"
SITEB="http:\/\/www.google.com/linux<\/stringvalue"

sed 's/$SITEA/$SITEB/' file

No go, how? I've tried all sorts of things, I give up. Please, I know it has to be something simple.

newbie here,
cg

cjcuk · 02-27-2004, 02:14 AM

I am guessing, but I do not think it is a sed problem. You are using single quotes, and thus the shell does not expand the variables ( as it does not bother interpreting single-quoted text ). Try the same sed phrase inside double quotes.

free_ouyo · 03-11-2004, 03:03 PM

Hy,

SITEA="http:\/\/www.linuxsecurity.com<\/stringvalue"
SITEB="http:\/\/www.google.com/linux<\/stringvalue"

sed 's/$SITEA/$SITEB/' file - search $SITEA and replace by $SITEB not the content of the variables.

Why not try to do

SITEA=$SITEB

Hope this help.