[ILUG] Another Scripting Question...

[A. Dreyer]

Conall O'Brien wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> Since the recent thread on grep seems to be full of useful tips, I
> wonder if anyone can help me with a small issue I have.
> 
> 
> I've a shell script I'm working on to take individual BIND9 zone
> files and transfer them (via ssh) from the master ns to the slave ns, 
> editing them accordingly in transit (using sed).
> 
> 
> 
> My only problem is I'm trying to do a multi line replace in sed 
> 
> 
> eg sed -e 's/notify yes;/notify no;\nmasters { $IP; }/'
> 
> 
> Everything works except for the newline control character I want for
> human readability (sed doesn't like the newline character in the 
> replacement part of the expression.) 
> 
> 
> I've also tried 
> 
> sed -e 's/notify yes;/notify no; \
> masters { $IP; }/'
> 
> 
> to no avail. Any suggestions how I can achieve this replacement?
> 
> 

Hy,

sed -e 's/notify yes;/notify no;@masters { $IP; }/' | tr '@' '\n'


Regards,
A.