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From: eddjp@edi386.UUCP ( Dewey Paciaffi )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: sed 's/foobar/$string/g'.... can't do this?
Keywords: sed
Message-ID: <135@edi386.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jan 91 14:25:42 GMT
References: <1991Jan17.003856.469@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu>
Reply-To: eddjp@edi386.UUCP ( Dewey Paciaffi )
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In article <1991Jan17.003856.469@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu> n8743196@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu (Jeff Wandling) writes:
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-I tried:
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-set string = newfoobar
-cat file | sed 's/foobar/$string/g' ....
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-Is there a way for sed to use something like `echo $string` instead 
-of "$string" ??
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You might try this :

	string=newfoobar
	cat file | sed 's/foobar/'$string'/g' ...

Note that you don't want to use the set command to set the variable,
and by using the additional single quotes in the sed command, the shell
can replace the $string variable.
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