[oclug] Re: sed problem

[Vytas Janusauskas]

Hi,

I have a problem that I hope can be easily be solved.  I have a bunch of 
files in which I wish to substitute the # character with the & 
character.  So I build a script containing sed commands as shown below.

sed -e 's/#/&/g  M021D14.AML > A021D14.AML
etc ....

I did try running the command on the command line no error but also no 
substitution is occurring.

When I test the similar command with  the sample below which I pulled 
for a tutorial the results are as expected.

cat file
the black cat was chased by the brown dog
 >sed -e 's/black/white/g' file
the white cat was chased by the brown dog

A section of the *.AML file contains the following sample snippet of 
text:  I do not know if it makes any difference the *.AML files are 
created in a Windows environment


#args MapName
#if [null %MapName%] &then
#return Map name was not specified.

#severity #error #ignore
workspace t:\b1\%MapName%
#severity #error #routine problem

#IF [exists brp -cover] #then kill brp all
append brp Point
\B1\031g13\boat_ra_p
end

#IF [exists cbrp -cover] #then kill cbrp all
#IF [exists cbrp%MapName%.shp -file] #then #if [delete cbrp%MapName%.shp 
-file]
= 0 #then #type shp file deleted.
#IF [exists cbrp%MapName%.shx -file] #then #if [delete cbrp%MapName%.shx 
-file]
= 0 #then #type shx file deleted.
#IF [exists cbrp%MapName%.dbf -file] #then #if [delete cbrp%MapName%.dbf 
-file]
= 0 #then #type dbf file deleted.
clip brp clip cbrp Point 0.00000001
build cbrp Point

Thanks

Vytas