Sed a variable which has - character in it

[potro]

Hi

Because my GR_RESOURCE_DIR variable has - character in it the sed doesn't work. Could you please advise ?

[root@skynet conf]# cat globalrelay.ini
[Basic Configuration]
ResourceDIR=/app-nfs/meta/relay

[root@skynet bianca]# cat xac.sh
#!/bin/bash

GR_RESOURCE_DIR=new-app

sed -e "s-\(^ResourceDIR=\)\([^#]*\)-\1${GR_RESOURCE_DIR}-" aaaa > bbbb

[root@skynet bianca]# ./xac.sh
sed: -e expression #1, char 36: unknown option to `s'

Thanks,
Bianca

[ghostdog74]

# GR_RESOURCE_DIR=new-app
# awk -v gr=$GR_RESOURCE_DIR '{sub("ResourceDIR",gr)}1' file.ini

[potro]

This command replace ResourceDIR with the variable not what comes after ResourceDIR=

And I need sed because I have multiple variables.

If the variable doesn't have - character the script works

Thanks,
Bianca

[ghostdog74]

# awk -F"=" -v gr=$GR_RESOURCE_DIR '/ResourceDIR/{$2=gr;}1' OFS="=" file
ResourceDIR=new-app

[potro]

# awk -F"=" -v gr=$GR_RESOURCE_DIR '/ResourceDIR/{$2=gr;}1' OFS="=" file
ResourceDIR=new-app

Thanks a lot. It works for this parameter.
But also I have another type of parameter in the config file:

MountFolderLive=/live/, /xac-nfs/meta/live
MountFolderPlaylist=/playlist/, /xac-nfs/meta/playlist/blah

And here the awk example doesn't work if I do like this
awk -F"=" -v gr=$GS_MOUNT_FOLDER_META '/MountFolderLive=/live//{$2,gr;}1' OFS="=" file
awk -F"=" -v gr=$GS_MOUNT_FOLDER_PLAYLIST '/MountFolderPlaylist=/playlist//{$2,gr;}1' OFS="=" file

awk: cmd. line:1: /MountFolderLive=/live//{$2,gr;}1
awk: cmd. line:1: .............................. ^ syntax error
awk: cmd. line:1: /MountFolderLive=/live/{$2,gr;}1
awk: cmd. line:1: .................................... ^ syntax error


Bianca

[potro]

Hi

awk -F"," -v gr=$GS_MOUNT_FOLDER_META '/MountFolderLive=\/live\//{$2=gr;}1' OFS="," file

I managed to handle this.

Thanks a lot

Bianca

[bigtomrodney]

Normally GNU utilities can be told to stop accepting switched by giving it a double hyphen

sed -e -- "s-\(^ResourceDIR=\)\([^#]*\)-\1${GR_RESOURCE_DIR}-" aaaa > bbbb

[potro]

Normally GNU utilities can be told to stop accepting switched by giving it a double hyphen

sed -e -- "s-\(^ResourceDIR=\)\([^#]*\)-\1${GR_RESOURCE_DIR}-" aaaa > bbbb

This doesn't work:
sed: -e expression #1, char 1: unknown command: `-'


Bianca