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#1 2005-09-27 07:53:23

rasat
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How to edit with sed using a $var?

NamePkg="mousekeywin-0.2.wm.tar.gz"

Content of pkg.list

desktopewmh-0.1.wm.tar.gz
mousekeywin-0.2.wm.tar.gz
rcwminit-0.1.1.wm.tar.gz

How to remove line "mousekeywin-0.2.wm.tar.gz" with $NamePkg


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#2 2005-09-27 10:28:44

T-Dawg
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Re: How to edit with sed using a $var?

sed -e "s|$NamePkg||g" -i pkg.list

will delete it but leave an empty space in place

sed -e "/$NamePkg/d" -i pkg.list

will delete the line completely

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#3 2005-09-27 17:58:59

rasat
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Re: How to edit with sed using a $var?

Thanks


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#4 2005-09-28 21:08:16

neri
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Re: How to edit with sed using a $var?

rasat wrote:

Thanks

short explaination: these must be douple qoutes, otherwise the $NamePkg
isn't handled as a variable

-neri

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