This is rather off topic since it's not a cygwin problem, IMO, but I'll help you anyway because I'm nice like that :P
What you probably want is: bash$ cat visualiser/PositionData.java | sed "s!import visualiser.HostIDVPatcher;!//import visualiser.HostIDVPatcher;!" > out.txt I've used ! instead of / because it saves you having to escape the // and sed lets you use almost any delimiter that you want. I haven't actually tested this and so I can't vouch 100% that it'll work, however it should. If you carry on having problems then email me privately and I'll see what I can do to help you out. HTH, Carl -----Original Message----- From: Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:48 PM To: Cygwin Subject: Edit file Howdy! I would like to make a script that can change a line in a file.. commenting out a line in a java source file to be precise. I would like to look for this line: import visualiser.HostIDVPatcher; and edit it to this: // import visualiser.HostIDVPatcher; Can I do this? I tried using sed with this line: cat visualiser/PositionData.java | s/import visualiser.HostIDVPatcher;/\/\/import visualiser.HostIDVPatcher;/ | out.txt and this was what I got: <r;/\/\/import visualiser.HostIDVPatcher;/ | out.txt BASH: s/import: No such file or directory BASH: ///import: No such file or directory BASH: /: is a directory BASH: out.txt: command not found Thanks for any help! Rob :-) ;-> :-] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ======================================================================= Information in this email and any attachments are confidential, and may not be copied or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor disclosed to any third party without our permission. There is no intention to create any legally binding contract or other commitment through the use of this email. Experian Limited (registration number 653331). Registered office: Talbot House, Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5HF -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
