Re: Need help with sed syntax

From: laura fairhead (run_signature_script_for_my_email_at_INVALID.com)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:27:57 GMT

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:14:28 +0200, Petterson Mikael <mikael.petterson@era.ericsson.se> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am testing the following line to see if it is possible to replace row
>3 with,
>
>public static final int HW_TEST_RESULT_DEF_VALUE = 0;
>
>I am using the folloing sed line on the file below:
>
> sed 's/^\(public static final int [A-Z_]* = \);/\10;/'
>StrxDeviceGroupMo.java
>
>but I see no change in the output on screen.
>
>Any ideas what could be wrong?

Your pattern matches 'public static....' at the very start of the line
but the file data you show is indented with whitespace.

byefornow
l

>
>//Mikael
>
>
>Part of StrxDeviceGroupMo.java
>===============================
>
> public static final String HW_TEST_RESULT_ATTR_TYPE = "Integer";
> public static final String HW_TEST_RESULT =
>"hwTestResult";
> public static final int HW_TEST_RESULT_DEF_VALUE = ;
> public static final int HW_TEST_RESULT_STP_VALUE = 1;
> public static final int HW_TEST_RESULT_MIN_VALUE = 0;
> public static final int HW_TEST_RESULT_MAX_VALUE = 3;
> public static final String HW_TEST_RESULT_MANDATORY = "optional";
> public static final String HW_TEST_RESULT_READWRITE = "readOnly";
> public static final String HW_TEST_RESULT_PERSISTENT= "false"; 

-- 
echo alru_aafriehdab@ittnreen.tocm |sed 's/\(.\)\(.\)/\2\1/g'

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