[LorenRad]

My input file contains the following:

#Root directory for the webserver
client-connect-timeout = 120
# Selectively disable SSL version support for browser connections
disable-ssl-v2 = no
disable-ssl-v3 = no
disable-tls-v1 = no
# Session timeout for SSL v2 connections (range: 1-100 secs)
# ssl-v2-timeout = 100
# Session timeout for SSL v3 connections (range: 1-86400 secs)
ssl-v3-timeout = 7200
# Selectively disable SSL version support for junction connections
disable-ssl-v2 = no
disable-ssl-v3 = no
disable-tls-v1 = no
# CRL Cache configuration.
# When gsk-crl-cache-size and gsk-crl-cache-entry-lifetime are
# both set to zero (which they are by default), CRL Caching will
# be disabled.

I'm trying to write a script that will edit the file and make changes such as follows:

This ==> server-root = /www-abcsamc
To Be => server-root = /www-defsamd

This ==> disable-ssl-v2 = no
To Be => disable-ssl-v2 = yes (only the browser connection, leave the junction connection at "no")

This ==> # ssl-v2-timeout = 100
To Be => ssl-v2-timeout = 100

I've tried "sed" which works for the most part but if what I'm changing appears more than once in the file then sed will change all occurrences. I figure I can do this with a "cat while read" command script but I'm having trouble putting it together. Can anyone help?

[lotuseclat79]

Hi LorenRad,

I would choose different names for the browser vs junction connections to discriminate them better for their functionality, such as:

Use a prefix like browconn and juncconn on each separate instance of the variables - then your sed script won't confuse the difference between them - i.e. when they have the same names.

The 'g' flag at the end of a sed statement - instructs sed to make changes globally on all occcurrences in pattern space. Normally, only the first occurrence is replaced, i.e. when the 'g' flag is not used.

example:
s/""//
vs
s/""//g

-- Tom

[LorenRad]

I don't believe I can use variables for what needs to be changed. Could you provide an example? When you create a instance within Tivoli a config file is created. What I'm trying to do is make the necessary changes within the config file with a script instead of using vi or something to manually go in and make the changes. There are numerous changes to be made and what I've listed are just a few.

When using sed the "g" flag only relates to one line. So if the word "tom" appears more than once on one line the g flag if used will change all occurances of the word "tom" on a line, example: s/tom/tim/g, if no "g" flag then it changes just the first occurance of "tom" on a line.

I'm looking for a script that will "cat" the file and pipe it to a "while read" statement and go through the file line by line and make changes if necessary using "if" statements or something similiar. I'm not even sure if that's the easiest way and this is why I'm here asking for help.

cap ..

[lotuseclat79]

Hi LorenRad,

Sed is implicitly global - i.e. it applies all sed commands in a script to each line in the file (the target of sed) being edited.

-- Tom