On 2002.06.06 02:11 Jesse Angell wrote: > Okay, > There is a file lets call it user.conf > on line 23 of the file there is a line that says > user=blahblah > I want to have a varible in a script.. $user = john > that edits user.conf and changes user=blahblah to user=thevarible$user... > How would I do this. >
Use the m4 macro language. Write a config file called user.conf.mf, put in it: user=$USER Then, m4 --define=USER=john user.conf.m4 > user.conf will do what you want. See "info m4". Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
