Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:07:27 +0200 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: silly sed question Message-ID: <20010926080733.9DE8E37B409@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20010924115816.EE2F637B418@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20010924115816.EE2F637B418@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Monday 24 September 2001 1:58 pm, you wrote: > I have a string > > TARGETS='blob1 blob2 blob3' > > and I wish to use to change this to > > TARGETS='blob1 blob2 blob3 blob4' > > for a multitude of files. > > I am having problems with the quotes > > sed -e '/^TARGETS s/'$/blob4'/' myfile > > ie find the line that begins with TARGETS and on that line swap the ending > single quote with blob4 and a single quote > > is what I want to write and for sed to DWIM..... > > I have tried escaping quotes in various places, double quotes and the like > but the correct incantation escapes me.......can anyone help fwiw I found another solution /^TARGETS s/.$/blob&/ -- "The only real way to look younger is not to be born so soon." -- Charles Schulz, "Things I've Had to Learn Over and Over and Over" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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