Find and replace match after string in different file from bash script - not working

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I have a string stored in a variable called newOccupation in file2.sh. When I run file2.sh, I would like it to replace whatever is after the word "occupation=" with the string stored in newOccupation.

So in this case, after running the script, occupation="Cashier" should be changed to occupation="Teacher"

I tried to replicate something from a very similar thread here Find and Replace Inside a Text File from a Bash Command but it doesn't seem to work. I'm not sure if it's due to formatting issues from trying to insert a variable instead of a string in the executed command.

file1.txt

name="Bobby"
age="23"
occupation="Cashier"
favoriteColor="Red"

file2.sh

newOccupation="Teacher"
sed -i -e 's/[occupation=]+/"'${newOccupation}'"/g' file1.txt

thezhang · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-11 03:45:44Z

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Changing your file2.sh:

newOccupation="Teacher"
sed -i "s/occupation=\".*\"/occupation=\"${newOccupation}\"/" file1.txt

answered Jul 11, 2022 at 3:45

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