use sed -i s/foo/bar/ filename. this will do the replacement in place, without any extra steps.
regards, sac. On 12/20/05, Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 03:38:23PM -0500, Tony Heal wrote: > } I have a database name I want to replace inside of an xml file. I can do > } this in several step using sed, but I would like to do it in a single step > } using perl. This is what I have in sed and what does not work in perl. > } > } SED > } #!/bin/bash > } echo -n "Please enter the name of the new database: " > } read syelledb > } dbchange=`cat /tmp/data-sources.xml|grep database|cut -d ">" -f2|cut -d "<" > -f1` > } sed s/$dbchange/$syelledb/ /tmp/data-sources.xml > /tmp/data-sources.xml.tmp > } mv /tmp/data-sources.xml /tmp/data-sources.xml.orig > } mv /tmp/data-sources.xml.tmp /tmp/data-sources.xml > [...] > > Why stoop to Perl for something so simple and easy, especially when you > have already written the sed for it? After all, sed stands for Stream > Editor and you just want a non-stream version of it... i.e. ed. So your new > script is: > > #!/bin/bash > echo -n "Please enter the name of the new database: " > read syelledb > dbchange=`cat /tmp/data-sources.xml|grep database|cut -d ">" -f2|cut -d "<" > -f1` > ed -s /tmp/data-sources.xml <<EOF > 1,$s/$dbchange/$syelledb/g > w > q > EOF > > Note that I added a 'g' to the end of the substitution command. > > } Tony Heal > --Greg > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
