The sed command that I use is:
sed -i 's,oldvalue,newvalue,g' *.txt
When I use the above sed command with each of the below examples (1, 2, and 3), the results contain errors.
Old value:
AEP/e2cy//rSq,W8VJu\TMb1vGeeyxcr
New value:
/uK2S9v6A\\NnW,PbRB+WUwn/Uu83,Gym
Old value
8000::/1
New value
128.0.0.0/1
Old value
10.10.77.96/32, fd00:10:10::c18d/128
New value
2001:db8:abcd::/48
You probably forgot to quote metacharacters. For example
xxx\,xxx not xxx,xxx
xxx\\xxx not xxx\xxx
In the sed expressions I have replaced \ with \\ and , with \, to indicate that these are to be interpreted as a literal character and not as a metacharacter with special meanings.
$ echo 'foo AEP/e2cy//rSq,W8VJu\TMb1vGeeyxcr bar' \
> | sed 's,AEP/e2cy//rSq\,W8VJu\\TMb1vGeeyxcr,/uK2S9v6A\\NnW\,PbRB+WUwn/Uu83\,Gym,'
foo /uK2S9v6A\NnW,PbRB+WUwn/Uu83,Gym bar
You cannot use an unescaped comma in a search string or replacement string if you are using commas to delimit them. But you can use a different delimiter to make life easier
$ echo a b,c d | sed 's!b,c!xxx!'
a xxx d
I don't see why you had a problem with this.
$ echo foo 8000::/1 bar
foo 8000::/1 bar
$ echo foo 8000::/1 bar | sed 's,8000::/1,128.0.0.0/1,'
foo 128.0.0.0/1 bar
A well written question should include real examples of actual commands, their output and actual error messages. Use cut & paste.
