replace string

[Lis Maria]

[Lis Maria]

Hi,


Any pointers?


Thanks,
Lis

Hi,
I have a file and in that a line as below
command:mkdir -type -type_tag <this could be anything> -yes -noadmin
I want to replace <this could be anything> with some other string.
How can i do this? tried couple of sed command. but not able to get
through.
Thanks,
Lis

[satish]

Hi Maria,


Try this command


sed '/*command\:mkdir -type -type_tag*/s/string1/string2/g' filename >
output_file


Regards,
Satish Kumar


*-Regards,*
* Satish*

Post by Lis Maria
Hi,
Any pointers?
Thanks,
Lis

Hi,
I have a file and in that a line as below
command:mkdir -type -type_tag <this could be anything> -yes -noadmin
I want to replace <this could be anything> with some other string.
How can i do this? tried couple of sed command. but not able to get
through.
Thanks,
Lis

[Davide Brini]

I have a file and in that a line as below
command:mkdir -type -type_tag -yes -noadmin
I want to replace with some other string.
How can i do this? tried couple of sed command. but not able to get
through.

What about

sed 's/command:mkdir -type -type_tag -yes -noadmin/some other string/' file

or

sed '/command:mkdir -type -type_tag -yes -noadmin/ c\
some other string' file