On 2/9/06, Marcel Fritzenwallner <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to replace a string in a file, the problem is that the replacement is a > variable, and this doesn't work. I could not get it working with sed nor with perl. > > Can anyone help me? > ----------------------------------------- > perl -pi'.bak' -e 's/ABC/$VAR/g' file.txt > ----------------------------------------- Try perl -pi'.bak' -e "s/ABC/$VAR/g" file.txt instead. Double quotes allow the expansion of $VAR to occur. John -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
