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Using sed to to find/replace in a file in a portable way.
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # Usage: replace "foo" "bar" "/etc/omg.conf" | |
| replace() { | |
| local pattern=$1 | |
| local replacement=$2 | |
| local file=$3 | |
| local tempfile="$(mktemp -t temp.XXXXX)" | |
| sed "s/$pattern/$replacement/" ${file} > ${tempfile} && mv ${tempfile} ${file} | |
| } |
sed -i does in place replace, no need for manual rename
sed -i does in place replace, no need for manual rename
but then it's not portable
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4247068/sed-command-with-i-option-failing-on-mac-but-works-on-linux
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