Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:12:48 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Halid Faith <maslak@ihlas.net.tr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use cut or awk commands into sed command ? Message-ID: <20071213011248.GA2602@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <015f01c83d04$a1df2b20$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym> References: <015f01c83d04$a1df2b20$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym>
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On 2007-12-12 23:19, Halid Faith <maslak@ihlas.net.tr> wrote:
> I have a file named file1 which contains some values.
> I want to replace some strings into it, so I use sed command but I get an error.
>
> sed "s#oldstring#`cut -d, -f3 file2`#" file1
> sed: 1: "s/yenidomain2/f0b2875d- ...": unterminated substitute in regular expression
That's not enough information to help you in a meaningful manner.
* What does `file2' have to do with the replacement strings, and why do
you use it?
* What are the contents of both files?
* What do you want to replace, and what should it be replaced with?
> also I get an error with awk command into sed;
> sed "s#oldstring#`awk -F, '{print$3}' file2`#" file1
> sed: 1: "s#yenidomain2#f0b2875d- ...": unterminated substitute in regular expression
That's not very different from the cut-based command.
help
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