[SOLVED] sed

shashv2 · 07-19-2010, 10:19 AM

I am trying to replace the default path in a file(which is a script)
with the new path which I have get when the bash script runs

The code is

SCRIPT=$(readlink -f $0)
SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
sed -i "s/$HomeDir/$SCRIPTPATH/g" <filename>

where $HomeDir=/default/path

I get the following error
sed: -e expression #1, char 8: unknown option to `s'

I have tried various alternates mentioned on the forum but nothing works. I know the backslash in the path name needs to be escaped but I obtain the SCRIPTPATH as a variable during runtime.

Is there a way out?
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks,

druuna · 07-19-2010, 10:56 AM

Hi,

Both variables have forward slashes in them, which conflict with the forward slashes that sed uses by default. You can change the separators to just about anything you want. Try this: sed -i "s%$HomeDir%$SCRIPTPATH%g" <filename>

And even better would be this:

sed -i "s%${HomeDir}%${SCRIPTPATH}%g" <filename>

Hope this helps.

shashv2 · 07-19-2010, 02:01 PM

Thanks! It works.

druuna · 07-19-2010, 02:07 PM

You're welcome

grail · 07-19-2010, 07:26 PM

Please mark as SOLVED once you have a solution.