sed question

[Ralf Buchhold]

Hello

I want to substitute "**OUT_FILE**" with
"/usr/home/name/file.dat" (= $NAME)

But it dont works with:

sed "s/**OUT_FILE**/$NAME/g" inp > out
Any idea
Ralf

[Alex Lavrov.]

I think you should escape "*" with "\".
Somethink like this:

sed "s/\*\*OUT_FILE\*\*/$NAME/g" inp > out

[Ralf Buchhold]

Hello Alex
I think the problem are the / in the $NAME
Ralf

[Steven E. Protter]

Sometimes it helps to do this:

change $NAME

to

${NAME}

This makes it clear to the shell where the variable ends.

SEP

[Ralf Buchhold]

Hello
no sorry but it doesnt work
Do you have other posibilities ?

perhaps with awk ?

Thanks Ralf

[Sergejs Svitnevs · Accepted solution]

NAME="\/usr\/home\/name\/file\.dat"
sed "s/\*\*OUT_FILE\*\*/$NAME/g" inp > out

work fine for me

Regards,
Sergejs

[Ralf Buchhold]

Thanks Ser...

I works fine