Thanks Mikkel and Sam! BTW....I don't know how that funky Á got in there....I just typed a plain old A! Arch -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mikkel L. Ellertson Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:20 PM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: How to programmatically modify configuration files? Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Arch Willingham writes: > >> I have a script that does a bunch of installation stuff. It works well >> but >> I can't figure out how to modify some of the configuration files >> (/etc/samba/smb.conf for example). Is there any easy command to do this? >> For example, I'd like to change the file so that "workgroup = MYGROUP" >> becomes "workgroup = ÁUBURN" >> >> Any suggestions? > > Write a Perl script to do this, or a shell script that runs sed: > > sed 's/^workgroup =.*/workgroup = ÁUBURN/' > > You have to be careful with whitespace. Also, you have to be sure that > smb.conf is going to take the accented text. > > I would use: sed -i 's/^workgroup =.*/workgroup = ÁUBURN/' /etc/samba/smb.conf or sed -i -e 's/^workgroup =.*/workgroup = ÁUBURN/' /etc/samba/smb.conf Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
