Hi, On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Israel Garcia <igalva...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, that's me again.. I'm stuck again with sed to make a change > to a file.. sorry if it sounds off-topic.. but I need your help :-). > > I've just want to change on a file this line: > > vif = [ 'ip=167,112,134.223,mac=00:16:3E:FD:58:B8'] > > to: > > vif = > ['ip=167,112,134.223,mac=00:16:3E:FD:58:B8,vifname=veth216','ip=10.1.1.1,mac=00:16:3E:FD:58:BB,vifname=veth216a'] > > AND, if it's possible to change tha last two entries of mac address, > B8 to C8 for example..
sed -i '/^vif/s/B8.*$/C8,vifname=veth216'"'"','"'"'ip=10.1.1.1,mac=00:16:3E:FD:58:BB,vifname=veth216a'"'"']' file.cfg As it is dificult to read see this explication: If you want to use a ' inside replace string such is the case you must: type ' to close string Then type " to open a new concatenated string type ' to write ' type " to close the concatenated string type ' to concatenate the next string (following with the replace string) Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
