On 22 Aug 2006 21:27:00 -0700, JyotiC
<jyoti.chhabra@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi
> i want
> configdirs=`echo " ${configdirs} " | sed -e "s/ $1 / /"`
> to be appended to the file configure but $1 sld be replaced by the
> command line argument supplied to shell script
>
> hv tried out commands but $1 is not being replaced
> the one i tried is
> sed -i -e '$a\configdirs=`echo " ${configdirs} " | sed -e "s/ $1 / /"`'
> configure
>
> what should be done to write the value of $1
> thanx
> Jyoti
>
sed -i -e '$a\configdirs=`echo " ${configdirs} " | sed -e "s/ '$1' / /"`'


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