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sons_of_bitch · Jan 31st, 2008, 12:52 AM

hi all,

i'm new here, i would like to add on the print command to prompt user to enter a value and store inside the variable name as $inName like
print "what is your directory : ";
then the answer is storing to &inName

after that the value will replace the existing line for ${METRICA_DIR}/TechnologyPacks/Spool/2030324032
i'm new in scripting, could anyone give me some hint for sripting?

tmpfile=/tmp/tmpfile.$$

for file in loaderconfiguration*.xml
do
sed "s|${METRICA_DIR}/TechnologyPacks/Spool/2030324032|$inName|g" $file > $tmpfile
mv $tmpfile $file
done

thanks

jim mcnamara · Feb 11th, 2008, 2:24 PM

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echo "Which directory \c"
read directory
tmpfile=/tmp/tmpfile.$$

for file in loaderconfiguration*.xml
do
  sed "s|${directory}|$inName|g" $file > $tmpfile
  mv $tmpfile $file
done

BEFORE you run this - where is the variable inName defined in your code? As is, it is null.
It needs to be set to something, somewhere, before the for loop.

Jan 31st, 2008, 12:52 AM	#1
sons_of_bitch Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	scripting question hi all, i'm new here, i would like to add on the print command to prompt user to enter a value and store inside the variable name as $inName like print "what is your directory : "; then the answer is storing to &inName after that the value will replace the existing line for ${METRICA_DIR}/TechnologyPacks/Spool/2030324032 i'm new in scripting, could anyone give me some hint for sripting? tmpfile=/tmp/tmpfile.$$ for file in loaderconfiguration*.xml do sed "s\|${METRICA_DIR}/TechnologyPacks/Spool/2030324032\|$inName\|g" $file > $tmpfile mv $tmpfile $file done thanks

Feb 11th, 2008, 2:24 PM	#2
jim mcnamara Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 228 Rep Power: 4	Re: scripting question (Toggle Plain Text) echo "Which directory \c" read directory tmpfile=/tmp/tmpfile.$$ for file in loaderconfiguration.xml do sed "s\|${directory}\|$inName\|g" $file > $tmpfile mv $tmpfile $file done echo "Which directory \c" read directory tmpfile=/tmp/tmpfile.$$ for file in loaderconfiguration.xml do sed "s\|${directory}\|$inName\|g" $file > $tmpfile mv $tmpfile $file done BEFORE you run this - where is the variable inName defined in your code? As is, it is null. It needs to be set to something, somewhere, before the for loop.

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