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Reputation: 1141

Insert File Path Variable into Sed Search/Replace

I'm trying to do a search/replace with sed for inserting a file path into a string on an Ubuntu OS.

Example of Line to Search/Replace:

arc1.4x_os

Attempted Sed Code:

blendpath="/home/weather/data/arc/"
sed "s/^arc1.4x_os/'\''open '${blendpath}'arc1.4x_os/g"

Expected Output:

'open /home/weather/data/arc/arc1.4x_os

Terminal Error Message:

sed: -e expression #1, char 20: unknown option to `s'

Upvotes: 2

Views: 445

Answers (1)

RavinderSingh13
RavinderSingh13

Reputation: 133710

Following sed may help you on same.

echo "arc1.4x_os" | sed "s|arc1.4x_os|'open /home/weather/data/arc/&|"

I am using above echo for printing the variable for example you could use following sed for an Input_file too.

sed "s|arc1.4x_os|'open /home/weather/data/arc/&|"  Input_file

Upvotes: 2

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