Dean Strik wrote: > Kok Kok wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I have question how to replace words using sed > > > > ./script 61.100 192.168 > > > > The script is > > #!/bin/sh > > sed -e 's/$2/$1/g' file > newfile > > > > The problem is 192.168 can't replace 61.100 in the > > newfile > > The single quotes prevent interpolation, the $... are not treated as > variables by the shell. Use double quotes instead: > > sed -e "s/$2/$1/g" file > newfile
Sidenote: ./script 61.100 192.168 replaces 192.168 by 61.00, which seems to be the opposite of what you want, so change positions of $1 and $2 if necessary. -- Dean C. Strik Eindhoven University of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ipnet6.org/ "This isn't right. This isn't even wrong." -- Wolfgang Pauli To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
