Resolved now. The variable contained a slash '/'. That is why is it did not work with delimiter / but did work with , delimiter.
Is there any way in which we write the command using such a delimiter which works irrespective of the special symbols present in the replacement string. Regards Sonal Kumari Tata Consultancy Services Limited Mailto: [email protected] Website: http://www.tcs.com ____________________________________________ Experience certainty. IT Services Business Solutions Consulting ____________________________________________ -----Martin Guy <[email protected]> wrote: ----- To: Sonal Kumari <[email protected]> From: Martin Guy <[email protected]> Date: 05/20/2015 05:00PM Subject: Re: [Bug-ed] Help with ed command On 20/05/2015, Sonal Kumari <[email protected]> wrote: > While using the ed command on AIX (7.1)server, the below command doesn't > work : > > s/DB_ENC_PWD/$EncPassword/ > > However, when the same is changed to > > s,DB_ENC_PWD,$EncPassword > > it starts working fine. Is there any explanation for this? Hi! I've never seen that behaviour on other systems. Can you arrange ssh access to the AIX system via internet so that I can try to pinpoint the problem? M =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you
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