Thanks! Worked perfectly :)
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Maxim Gonchar <gma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it seems that you have to replace the quoting from '' to "":
> "s/$argv[1]/$argv[2]/g"
>
> because the variables are not expanded otherwise.
>
> regards,
> Maxim
>
> On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 08:24:09 +0800, benjamin adamson <
> adamson.benja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello fish terminal team!
>
> I have a quick question about a script I am trying to build.
>
> Based on this stackoverflow question,
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1583219/awk-sed-how-to-do-a-recursive-find-replace-of-a-string
>
> I am building the following fn:
>
> function recursive_replace
> set arg_count (count $argv)
> if [ $arg_count != 2 ]
> echo "expecting two arguments."
> return
> end
>
> echo replacing $argv[1]
> echo replacing $argv[2]
> find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i 's/$argv[1]/$argv[2]/g'
> end
>
> However I feel like based on the way fish is structured, perhaps I am
> approaching the problem wrong. The above fn doesn't work, because $argv[1]
> isn't being textually replaced by it's value when the find command is
> executed.
>
> Can someone suggest how I can get this to work? I'm either missing
> something in the documentation, or completely clueless how fish is
> envisioned to be used.
>
> Thanks!! :)
>
>
>
>
>
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