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linuxsedubuntu-12.04
Ajay Kulkarni
Ajay Kulkarni

Reputation: 3039

sed command returns error

I was trying to execute this command: 

sudo sed -i 's/^\$projectroot.*/\$projectroot = \\"\\/home\\/repo\\";/' /etc/gitweb.conf

It returned an error: 

sed: -e expression #1, char 42: unknown option to `s'

I don't understand why s is used in sed command. Please help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 55

Answers (1)

Arjun Mathew Dan
Arjun Mathew Dan

Reputation: 5318

Your command should be:

sed -i 's/^\$projectroot.*/\$projectroot = \"\/home\/repo\";/'

Sample:

$ cat File

aaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbb
$projectroot
dddddddddd

$ sed 's/^\$projectroot.*/\$projectroot = \"\/home\/repo\";/' File

aaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbb
$projectroot = "/home/repo";
dddddddddd

Upvotes: 1

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