[colug-432] Tutorials

Rick Hornsby richardjhornsby at gmail.com
Thu May 14 14:50:01 EDT 2015





> On May 14, 2015, at 13:45, Steve VanSlyck <s.vanslyck at postpro.net> wrote:
> 
> I have a file,
> 
> /path/to/file_config
> 
> which is X lines long and one of the lines, location unknown, says,
> 
> Setting=No
> 
> What I want to do is write a simple bash script that will open that file, locate that line, change it to a comment, and then insert another line below it, with the end result looking like this:
> 
> # Setting=No
> Setting=Yes
> 
> Imagine I am your willing but unlettered intern. You're willing to teach me but would prefer, obviously, that I teach myself. Always better that way.
> 
> Is there a tutorial that you would recommend?

sed is your friend.




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