script perl with sed command

[Warren Block]

On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Olivier Regnier wrote:

> I have a problem with my perl script with the command sed. Here is a example 
> of my code:
>
> # Selecting the fast server
> print "Using the server called $server";
> system(`/usr/bin/sed 's|\*default host=\(.*\)|\*default host=${server}|' 
> $standard_supfile > $standard_supfile.copy`);
> system('/bin/mv $standard_supfile.copy $standard_supfile');
>
> But in console i have this message:
> sed: 1: "s|*default host=(.*)|*d ...": unescaped newline inside subsitute 
> pattern

Most likely there is a newline at the end of $server because it was 
output from backticks.  To fix that, you'd use chomp:

chomp(my $server = `fastest_csvsup -Q -c us`);

Just a general note: Perl's s/ command does more than sed's, with less 
hassle, and you wouldn't have to mess with shell escapes.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA