running sed inside script file

[Bajaj]

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

[RAC_1]

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

[Frank de Vries]

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.

[Peter Nikitka]

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

[Peter Nikitka]

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

[Frank de Vries]

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