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Date:      Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:46:23 -0500
From:      Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Kristian Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: My script to replace strings in ASCII files
Message-ID:  <23FC76D5-450C-4C07-8D46-782C86E6D6B3@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <f377343c7093.43c57793@broadpark.no>
References:  <f377343c7093.43c57793@broadpark.no>

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On Jan 11, 2006, at 3:24 PM, Kristian Vaaf wrote:
> Just curious, what do I need to do to be able to execute this  
> script like:
>
> $ text-replace old_string new_string
>
> I find it a bit inconvenient having to edit the script for every  
> thing I need to replace.

Use positional arguments $1 and $2, rather than "old" and "new" in  
the sed statement.

-- 
-Chuck




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