Subject: Re: configuration file changes
From: Arthur Corliss (arthur@corlissfamily.org)
Date: Thu Jun 13 2002 - 19:54:47 AKDT
> I am working in a situation where the config files changed from one version
> of the program to another. Is there a reasonable way to write a
> script that would put the old config file entries in a file, then
> insert them into the new config files?
>
> An example might be:
>
> =old config file=
>
> IP=192.168.2.5
> NAME=Mike
>
> =new config file=
> IPADDRESS=
> FIRSTNAME=
> LASTNAME=
>
> Obviously I want to move the IP to IPADDRESS.
>
> This is way oversimplified but the ideas is there.
All you need is sed. . .
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