On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Silly Billy wrote: > while executing this command to configure Clamav ... > > perl -pi -e "s/^LocalSocket /tmp/clamd/LocalSocket > /var/run/clamav/clamd/g" /etc/clamav.conf > > an error appear as mentioned below ... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]# perl -pi -e "s/^LocalSocket > /tmp/clamd/LocalSocket /var/run/c > lamav/clamd/g" /etc/clamav.conf > Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 1, > near "s/^LocalSocket /tmp/c > lamd" > syntax error at -e line 1, near "s/^LocalSocket > /tmp/clamd" > Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors > > Could anyone help me to sort out this error ??
You're doing a search-and-replace. The way that works is it takes the first character after the / and uses it as the delimiter for what to search for vs what to replace it with. Since you have lots of /es in your pathnames, you're totally confusing it. Try the command: perl -pi -e "s!^LocalSocket /tmp/clamd!LocalSocket /var/run/clamav/clamd!" /etc/clamav.conf Here I'm just using ! instead of / as the delimiter. As a side note, when trying to be completely general, I often use ^G as my delimiter. Never seen a config file with one of those! ;) Damian Menscher [doesn't know perl, but knows sed....] -- -=#| Physics Grad Student & SysAdmin @ U Illinois Urbana-Champaign |#=- -=#| 488 LLP, 1110 W. Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 Ofc:(217)333-0038 |#=- -=#| 4602 Beckman, VMIL/MS, Imaging Technology Group:(217)244-3074 |#=- -=#| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.uiuc.edu/~menscher/ Fax:(217)333-9819 |#=- -=#| The above opinions are not necessarily those of my employers. |#=- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
