MARG wrote: > John W. Krahn wrote: >>MARG wrote: >> >>>John W. Krahn wrote: >>> >>>>MARG wrote: >>>> >>>>>I'm trying to change the string in .bash_profile: >>>>>PATH=$PATH:/home/bin >>>>> >>>>>to >>>>>PATH=$PATH/home/bin:/usr/local/httpd/bin >>>>> >>>>>I'm using the following: >>>>>perl -pi~ -e >>>>>'s/PATH=$PATH/home/bin/PATH=$PATH/home/bin:/usr/local/httpd/bin >>>>>' .bash_profile >>>>> >>>>>but i'm getting a lot of errors. >>>>> >>>>>What might be wrong ? >>>>Because the pattern and replacement string contain the slash (/) character >>>>you >>>>have to use a different delimiter for the substitution operator. Because >>>>the >>>>pattern and replacement string are interpolated $PATH is changed to '' in >>>>both. >>>> >>>>perl -pi~ -e's~^(PATH=\$PATH/home/bin)~$1:/usr/local/httpd/bin~' >>>>.bash_profile >>>Thank you for your ansewer. >>> >>>I don't have any error anymore, but the file remains unchanged :( >>> >>>Any ideas ? >> >>Perhaps the pattern was not found? Maybe this will work better: >> >>perl -pi~ -e's~(\bPATH=\$PATH/home/bin)~$1:/usr/local/httpd/bin~' >>.bash_profile > > No good. > The file remains unchanged :( > > But thank you anyway.
What does the following command produce? grep PATH .bash_profile John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
