Re: Clueless with sed
>>
>> $ echo 'NAME said hi' | sed -e "s/NAME/$CVS_FULLNAME/"
>> Sean 'Shaleh' Perry said hi
>> $ echo 'NAME said hi' | sed -e 's/NAME/$CVS_FULLNAME/'
>> $CVS_FULLNAME said hi
>
> Your examples are okay, It seems I need to use double quotes...
> However, it stil is wrong, when using:
> BASEDIR=`pwd`; sed "s/_ENVPATH_/\$BASEDIR/g" config
>
> I still get:
> DEVEL_PREFIX = $BASEDIR/$(TARGET_ARCH)-linux-uclibc
>
right, you will note that I did not escape the $ in my example
> Must have something to do with the way I use sed.
> This seems to work (thanks to Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net>):
> BASEDIR=`pwd`; sed "s,_ENVPATH_,$BASEDIR,g" config
>
yeah using the commas was a good idea.
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