Use sed replace with line number from variable

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This is my sed command:



while ...;
do sed -r "$counters/^S+ /$line /g" $in > $out;
..
..
done


Unfortunately this command isn't doing anything when called from within a bash script/loop. So I thought to check if the variables are being resolved the right way:



do echo ´sed -r "$counters/^S+/$line/g" $in > $out´;


which printed this to the console:



sed -r <line number>/^S+/<replace pattern>/g <infile> > <outfile>


When executing this very command (without the ´) from the console, I get this:



sed: -e expression #1, char 8: unterminated s' command


I guess this is because the ' are missing around the pattern.



So how do I combine double (for resolving variables in sed command) and single (for completing the search/replace pattern) quotation marks when calling this from a bash script?










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  • how could it possibly work? i dont see any input at all, and it looks like youre calling sed to work a single line at a time. if thats the case then $counter wont ever work for any line at all but line 1. you really shouldn't loop like that - its spidery and wasteful. think in terms of a chain instead of in terms of a home base. if you do: while gen ouput; do :; done | sed 's/edit/the_whole_stream/' you'll be a lot better off.

    – mikeserv
    Oct 28 '15 at 9:46











  • $counter is being raised after the sed command. So that is one working. Yes, I'm want to call sed for each line, because I got a file A and file B. The beginning of line in file B should be replaced with the beginning of line in file A.Those chars differ in each line.

    – entenbein
    Oct 28 '15 at 9:57












  • awk or perl are better tools for doing that.

    – cas
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:02






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    Is there / or n in $line variable? Any way try to execute sed -r "<line number>/^S+/<replace pattern>/g" <infile> > <outfile> for testing purpose. Is it doing what you wants?

    – Costas
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:16












  • Hi, no such thing in $line. The command itself with expanded/resolved variables works fine. Calling the mentioned command with the line number from a variable isn't working so far.

    – entenbein
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:25















-1















This is my sed command:



while ...;
do sed -r "$counters/^S+ /$line /g" $in > $out;
..
..
done


Unfortunately this command isn't doing anything when called from within a bash script/loop. So I thought to check if the variables are being resolved the right way:



do echo ´sed -r "$counters/^S+/$line/g" $in > $out´;


which printed this to the console:



sed -r <line number>/^S+/<replace pattern>/g <infile> > <outfile>


When executing this very command (without the ´) from the console, I get this:



sed: -e expression #1, char 8: unterminated s' command


I guess this is because the ' are missing around the pattern.



So how do I combine double (for resolving variables in sed command) and single (for completing the search/replace pattern) quotation marks when calling this from a bash script?










share|improve this question
























  • how could it possibly work? i dont see any input at all, and it looks like youre calling sed to work a single line at a time. if thats the case then $counter wont ever work for any line at all but line 1. you really shouldn't loop like that - its spidery and wasteful. think in terms of a chain instead of in terms of a home base. if you do: while gen ouput; do :; done | sed 's/edit/the_whole_stream/' you'll be a lot better off.

    – mikeserv
    Oct 28 '15 at 9:46











  • $counter is being raised after the sed command. So that is one working. Yes, I'm want to call sed for each line, because I got a file A and file B. The beginning of line in file B should be replaced with the beginning of line in file A.Those chars differ in each line.

    – entenbein
    Oct 28 '15 at 9:57












  • awk or perl are better tools for doing that.

    – cas
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:02






  • 1





    Is there / or n in $line variable? Any way try to execute sed -r "<line number>/^S+/<replace pattern>/g" <infile> > <outfile> for testing purpose. Is it doing what you wants?

    – Costas
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:16












  • Hi, no such thing in $line. The command itself with expanded/resolved variables works fine. Calling the mentioned command with the line number from a variable isn't working so far.

    – entenbein
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:25













-1












-1








-1








This is my sed command:



while ...;
do sed -r "$counters/^S+ /$line /g" $in > $out;
..
..
done


Unfortunately this command isn't doing anything when called from within a bash script/loop. So I thought to check if the variables are being resolved the right way:



do echo ´sed -r "$counters/^S+/$line/g" $in > $out´;


which printed this to the console:



sed -r <line number>/^S+/<replace pattern>/g <infile> > <outfile>


When executing this very command (without the ´) from the console, I get this:



sed: -e expression #1, char 8: unterminated s' command


I guess this is because the ' are missing around the pattern.



So how do I combine double (for resolving variables in sed command) and single (for completing the search/replace pattern) quotation marks when calling this from a bash script?










share|improve this question
















This is my sed command:



while ...;
do sed -r "$counters/^S+ /$line /g" $in > $out;
..
..
done


Unfortunately this command isn't doing anything when called from within a bash script/loop. So I thought to check if the variables are being resolved the right way:



do echo ´sed -r "$counters/^S+/$line/g" $in > $out´;


which printed this to the console:



sed -r <line number>/^S+/<replace pattern>/g <infile> > <outfile>


When executing this very command (without the ´) from the console, I get this:



sed: -e expression #1, char 8: unterminated s' command


I guess this is because the ' are missing around the pattern.



So how do I combine double (for resolving variables in sed command) and single (for completing the search/replace pattern) quotation marks when calling this from a bash script?







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  • how could it possibly work? i dont see any input at all, and it looks like youre calling sed to work a single line at a time. if thats the case then $counter wont ever work for any line at all but line 1. you really shouldn't loop like that - its spidery and wasteful. think in terms of a chain instead of in terms of a home base. if you do: while gen ouput; do :; done | sed 's/edit/the_whole_stream/' you'll be a lot better off.

    – mikeserv
    Oct 28 '15 at 9:46











  • $counter is being raised after the sed command. So that is one working. Yes, I'm want to call sed for each line, because I got a file A and file B. The beginning of line in file B should be replaced with the beginning of line in file A.Those chars differ in each line.

    – entenbein
    Oct 28 '15 at 9:57












  • awk or perl are better tools for doing that.

    – cas
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:02






  • 1





    Is there / or n in $line variable? Any way try to execute sed -r "<line number>/^S+/<replace pattern>/g" <infile> > <outfile> for testing purpose. Is it doing what you wants?

    – Costas
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:16












  • Hi, no such thing in $line. The command itself with expanded/resolved variables works fine. Calling the mentioned command with the line number from a variable isn't working so far.

    – entenbein
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:25

















  • how could it possibly work? i dont see any input at all, and it looks like youre calling sed to work a single line at a time. if thats the case then $counter wont ever work for any line at all but line 1. you really shouldn't loop like that - its spidery and wasteful. think in terms of a chain instead of in terms of a home base. if you do: while gen ouput; do :; done | sed 's/edit/the_whole_stream/' you'll be a lot better off.

    – mikeserv
    Oct 28 '15 at 9:46











  • $counter is being raised after the sed command. So that is one working. Yes, I'm want to call sed for each line, because I got a file A and file B. The beginning of line in file B should be replaced with the beginning of line in file A.Those chars differ in each line.

    – entenbein
    Oct 28 '15 at 9:57












  • awk or perl are better tools for doing that.

    – cas
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:02






  • 1





    Is there / or n in $line variable? Any way try to execute sed -r "<line number>/^S+/<replace pattern>/g" <infile> > <outfile> for testing purpose. Is it doing what you wants?

    – Costas
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:16












  • Hi, no such thing in $line. The command itself with expanded/resolved variables works fine. Calling the mentioned command with the line number from a variable isn't working so far.

    – entenbein
    Oct 28 '15 at 10:25
















how could it possibly work? i dont see any input at all, and it looks like youre calling sed to work a single line at a time. if thats the case then $counter wont ever work for any line at all but line 1. you really shouldn't loop like that - its spidery and wasteful. think in terms of a chain instead of in terms of a home base. if you do: while gen ouput; do :; done | sed 's/edit/the_whole_stream/' you'll be a lot better off.

– mikeserv
Oct 28 '15 at 9:46





how could it possibly work? i dont see any input at all, and it looks like youre calling sed to work a single line at a time. if thats the case then $counter wont ever work for any line at all but line 1. you really shouldn't loop like that - its spidery and wasteful. think in terms of a chain instead of in terms of a home base. if you do: while gen ouput; do :; done | sed 's/edit/the_whole_stream/' you'll be a lot better off.

– mikeserv
Oct 28 '15 at 9:46













$counter is being raised after the sed command. So that is one working. Yes, I'm want to call sed for each line, because I got a file A and file B. The beginning of line in file B should be replaced with the beginning of line in file A.Those chars differ in each line.

– entenbein
Oct 28 '15 at 9:57






$counter is being raised after the sed command. So that is one working. Yes, I'm want to call sed for each line, because I got a file A and file B. The beginning of line in file B should be replaced with the beginning of line in file A.Those chars differ in each line.

– entenbein
Oct 28 '15 at 9:57














awk or perl are better tools for doing that.

– cas
Oct 28 '15 at 10:02





awk or perl are better tools for doing that.

– cas
Oct 28 '15 at 10:02




1




1





Is there / or n in $line variable? Any way try to execute sed -r "<line number>/^S+/<replace pattern>/g" <infile> > <outfile> for testing purpose. Is it doing what you wants?

– Costas
Oct 28 '15 at 10:16






Is there / or n in $line variable? Any way try to execute sed -r "<line number>/^S+/<replace pattern>/g" <infile> > <outfile> for testing purpose. Is it doing what you wants?

– Costas
Oct 28 '15 at 10:16














Hi, no such thing in $line. The command itself with expanded/resolved variables works fine. Calling the mentioned command with the line number from a variable isn't working so far.

– entenbein
Oct 28 '15 at 10:25





Hi, no such thing in $line. The command itself with expanded/resolved variables works fine. Calling the mentioned command with the line number from a variable isn't working so far.

– entenbein
Oct 28 '15 at 10:25










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Well, that is strange. The redirect to the output file didn't happen, at least not with the expected replacements. A cp <infile> <outfile> with the following sed replace command inplace works like a charm....



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    Well, that is strange. The redirect to the output file didn't happen, at least not with the expected replacements. A cp <infile> <outfile> with the following sed replace command inplace works like a charm....



    Thanks for your help!






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      Well, that is strange. The redirect to the output file didn't happen, at least not with the expected replacements. A cp <infile> <outfile> with the following sed replace command inplace works like a charm....



      Thanks for your help!






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        Well, that is strange. The redirect to the output file didn't happen, at least not with the expected replacements. A cp <infile> <outfile> with the following sed replace command inplace works like a charm....



        Thanks for your help!






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        Well, that is strange. The redirect to the output file didn't happen, at least not with the expected replacements. A cp <infile> <outfile> with the following sed replace command inplace works like a charm....



        Thanks for your help!







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