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Replacing values in a file

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Hi, how do we change a variable's value in a file? e.g. $ cat <file1> AGE=1 bla bla........... i need to change the value of variable "AGE" to a newvalue(let's say "0") Thanks, Amit

Name: nails
Date: February 1, 2007 at 19:35:46 Pacific

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Hi: We've been talking about gres: http://www.computing.net/unix/wwwbo... # gres pattern=$1 replacement=$2 A="`echo | tr '\012' '\001' `" sed -e "s$A$pattern$A$replacement$A" $3 # end script Here is an example gres "Age=0" "Age=1" filename

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