Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:40:44 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: silly sed question Message-ID: <20010924224044.Q10641@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <20010924115816.EE2F637B418@hub.freebsd.org>; from mark.rowlands@minmail.net on Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:58:12PM %2B0200 References: <20010924115816.EE2F637B418@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:58:12PM +0200, Mark Rowlands 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/'$/blob4'/' myfile You should use \' here: sed -e '/^TARGETS s/\'$/blob4\'/' myfile because the ''s are part of the string, not part of the characters surrounding the string. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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