topic Re: running sed inside script file in Operating System - HP-UX

running sed inside script file

Bajaj — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:32:27 GMT

i am substituting text in some xml file using sed, on shell directly its working fine, but when i do it using script file, it says, the function cant be parsed, i think the problem is due to xml file special characters, plz help

Re: running sed inside script file

RAC_1 — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:49:45 GMT

Try escaping it. comething like this.-"\?\"

Re: running sed inside script file

Frank de Vries — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:41:56 GMT

Inside shell vi mode
try

:1,$s!!!g

So from line 1 to end ($)
using not backspaces but exlaimation marks !
g means global, throughout the whole script.
Escape U do undo if unexpected result.

This should normally solve most quoting problems.

Otherwise give the exact text you want to change inside the script.

Re: running sed inside script file

Peter Nikitka — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:33:07 GMT

Hi,

without really encrypting the script fragment you supplied, I suggest to try (its a single line!):

sed 's,,\1,' in.xml >out.xml

mfG Peter

Re: running sed inside script file

Peter Nikitka — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:38:55 GMT

Sorry,

there is a copy/paste error inside - use:

sed 's,,\1,' in.xml >out.xml

to get the xml tags you requested.

mfG Peter

Re: running sed inside script file

Frank de Vries — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:46:44 GMT

A subtle difference, just to be consistent
with what I stated earlier you can do:

To do it from unix prompt outside your script:
sed -e 's!!\1!' < test.sed

Where test.sed contains:

after it looks like this:
file

From within the script with vi mode :
1,$s!!\1!g

exactly the same result :)

Good luck