9 May
2012
9 May
'12
6:42 p.m.
On 09/05/12 17:59, Martijn Koster wrote:
I'd use a little script that greps for some markers to see if the file needs changing (or already has been), and then apply the required changes with diff/patch.
How would I make a change like this using diff/patch?
Eg: If I have a config file that says (real example from ssmtp): .... AuthUser=someuser AuthPass=somepass mailhub=somehost:587 ...
.. and I want to set the values of someuser/somepass/somehost, what would the input to patch look like? (A pointer to relevant resources would be fine!)
Is there a reason why patch would be preferable to sed for something like this?
Mark
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