>> >From a script: main.sh, I need to:
>> 1. Copy file ./x to /tmp/x
>> 2. Read a variable from stdin, for example: read VALUE
>> 3. Search through file /tmp/x for the keyword REPLACE, and replace it
with ${VALUE}
>>
>> I can't seem to figure out what combination of sed, perl, whatever I can
use.
>>
>> main.sh:
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> cp ./x /tmp/x
>> read VALUE
>>
>> # what I really want, but doesn't work:
>> sed 's/REPLACE/${VALUE}/g' /tmp/x > /tmp/x.new
sed "s/REPLACE/${VALUE}/g" ./x > /tmp/x
should work (inside ' the variable is not expanded, thought it is inside ")
the only constraint is that you have no / in its value, sed wouldn't like it
also don't bother copying the file before "sed"'ing it
hth
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