From kevin@ti.com Fri Jul 11 16:52:30 1997
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From: kevin@ti.com (Kevin Earls)
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Subject: Re: Making changes with SED
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Date: 11 Jul 1997 13:32:32 GMT
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In article <33C548A9.5352@clinphys.pmh.toronto.on.ca>,
 Joseph <joseph@clinphys.pmh.toronto.on.ca> writes:
>
>replace this: /dev/dat with this: /dev/tape?
>
>When I use SED I do the following:
>	 sed s/$mval/$wsval/g $file > $file.new
>
>where mval=/dev/dat and wsval=/dev/tape

~% set mval="/dev/dat"
 
~% set wsval="/dev/tape"
 
~% echo "/dev/dat" | sed 's@'$mval'@'$wsval'@g'
/dev/tape
 
sed's delimiters can be anything, that's what screwing you up here.

You need to get into the habit of single quoting the script to sed.
You'll have a happier life. Trust me.



Kevin 
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