looking for a command

rudefyet · 2004-09-21 23:52:19

i'm making a pkgbuild for my favorite emulator..

but i've run into a problem

is there anyway to change a varible in a config file

i know of the echo command...

sorry this question is so vague i just need to be able to type a command that change something inside a config file

Snowman · 2004-09-22 01:56:26

Usually, I use sed (pacman -S sed)

  SCRIPT=$(echo "s=variable=newvariable=")
  sed -e "$SCRIPT" < file > file.tmp
  mv file.tmp file

to subtitute a string with '=', use '='
There is also awk which you could use.
There migth be some better way

rudefyet · 2004-09-22 02:12:44

thanks...but luckily i figured out a way around it

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