Replace unknown string using sed in bash script

Question

Let's say I have a wp-config.php like so:

define('DB_NAME', 'db_name');
define('DB_USER', 'user');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'pass');

In my bash script I have a construct similar to:

#!/usr/bin/bash

# Database config
echo -e "\ndatabase name: \c"
read DB_NAME
sed -i -e "s/define('DB_NAME', );/define('DB_NAME', $DB_NAME);/g" "C:/Apache24/htdocs/test.txt"

It doesn't work however. How could I edit (using sed) the variables db_name, user & pass in test.txt given that these variables would typically be unknown in advance?

Have you considered using m4 instead of sed? See man m4. — Satō Katsura
– Satō Katsura, Commented Feb 19, 2017 at 13:45

Rakesh Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-19 15:14:07Z

1

eval "`echo 'NL=qsq' | tr 'qs' '\047\012'`"; # newline
echo DB_NAME; read DB_NAME;
db_name_esc=$DB_NAME
db_name_esc=${db_name_esc//\\/\\\\\\\\}   # escape backslash
db_name_esc=${db_name_esc//\'/\\\\\'}     # escape single quote
db_name_esc=${db_name_esc//\"/\\\"}       # escape double quote
db_name_esc=${db_name_esc//&/\\&}         # escape & special to sed
db_name_esc=${db_name_esc//\//\\\/}       # escape / special to s///
db_name_esc=${db_name_esc//${NL}/\\${NL}} # esc literal newline for sed

# and then plug in your variables properly escaped for both PHP+sed
sed -e "
   s/\\(define('DB_NAME',\\).*/\\1 '$db_name_esc');/
" yourfile

answered Feb 19, 2017 at 15:14

Rakesh Sharma

8205 silver badges4 bronze badges

Thanks Rakesh. Use -i flag to edit the actual file :).

cookie
– cookie

2017-02-19 15:50:02 +00:00
Commented Feb 19, 2017 at 15:50

Add a comment |

Stack Exchange Network

Replace unknown string using sed in bash script

1 Answer 1

You must log in to answer this question.

Hot Network Questions

Replace unknown string using sed in bash script

1 Answer 1

You must log in to answer this question.

Related

Hot Network Questions