sed command not working in my bash script

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I am trying to modify php.ini with sed commands but its not working for some reason

sed -i 's/disable_functions = /disable_functions = system, show_source, symlink, dl, shell_exec, passthru,escapeshellarg,escapeshellcmd/g' /etc/php.ini

The disable_functions line looks like this in php.ini

disable_functions =

Can you tell what is wrong

not working mean no change or error occuring ? if there is not change, trace the sed with =,l; at the start of the action string to display the line number and the content of the line (buffer in fact) before the s// occuring (in this case of tracing, don't use -i) — NeronLeVelu
– NeronLeVelu, Commented Dec 16, 2014 at 6:01

nu11p01n73R · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-16 05:52:29Z

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The problem is that in /etc/php.ini there is no space after the =

So remove the space after = from sed as

$ sed -i 's/disable_functions =/disable_functions = system, show_source, symlink, dl, shell_exec, passthru,escapeshellarg,escapeshellcmd/g'

answered Dec 16, 2014 at 5:52

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