getting error through sed command in unix

Question

I have to replace the following value in all the xml files so the value is

tcp://pondevpms1.fm.rbsgrp.net:6033,pondevpms2.fm.rbsgrp.net:6033

and the value with it need to be replaces is shown below

tcp://pondevpms1:3063

so i have fired the below command inside the directory that contain all the xml's

sed -i 's/tcp://pondevpms1.fm.rbsgrp.net:6033,pondevpms2.fm.rbsgrp.net:6033/tcp://pondevpms1:6063 /g' *.xml

but i am getting this below error please advise what is missing ..?

below the error that i am getting rite now

sed: -e expression #1, char 9: unknown option to `s'

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '16 at 14:06

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I think you should change your delimiter from / to something else like # So your command would look like this

sed -i 's#tcp://pondevpms1.fm.rbsgrp.net:6033,pondevpms2.fm.rbsgrp.net:6033#tcp://pondevpms1:6063#g' *.xml

Alternatively, you could escape all your slashes, but that wouldn't look very nice

answered Jun 27 '16 at 14:06

user2393256

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the error is sed: -e expression #1, char 9: unknown option to `s' – dgfd hgfhg Jun 27 '16 at 14:08
okay, then this should solve your problem – user2393256 Jun 27 '16 at 14:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '16 at 14:06

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You forgot to add the error, but I would bet that the slashes in your text are causing you trouble. Since you are using / as the sed operator you need to escape it in your text : \/ for every /.

However, since your text has alot of slashes and sed can use other characters as the operator, I would just use a pipe as the sed operator;

sed -i 's|tcp://pondevpms1.fm.rbsgrp.net:6033,pondevpms2.fm.rbsgrp.net:6033|tcp://pondevpms1:6063 |g' *.xml

answered Jun 27 '16 at 14:06

Dan

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The error that i am getting is sed: -e expression #1, char 9: unknown option to `s' – dgfd hgfhg Jun 27 '16 at 14:07

Jean-François Fabre · Answer 3 · 2016-06-27T18:15:36.490

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Your expression is incorrect. You can use any separator, so avoid '/' as it conflicts with the contents, I personally use # because it is seldom used except in comments.

sed -i 's#tcp://pondevpms1.fm.rbsgrp.net:6033,pondevpms2.fm.rbsgrp.net:6033#tcp://pondevpms1:6063#g' *.xml

edited Jun 27 '16 at 18:15

answered Jun 27 '16 at 14:12

Jean-François Fabre

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"sed does not work 'in-place'" ??. What do you mean? That's what the `-i` flag does. – Dan Jun 27 '16 at 15:04
I said I was rusty. Now that's really confirmed :) Editing my answer! – Jean-François Fabre Jun 27 '16 at 18:15

getting error through sed command in unix

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