I am looking for a solution to paste a variable below a matching pattern I have a half solution but cannot finish my script... My aim with this script is to paste the variable "OSI" automatically below the correct Month.
/var/etc/osi.conf
###Jan###
###Feb###
###Mar###
###Apr###
###May###
###Jun###
###Jul###
###Aug###
###Sep###
###Oct###
###Nov###
###Dec###
Script:
#!/bin/bash +x
DATE=$(date | awk '{print $2}')
DATE2=$(date +%Y-%m-%d -d "3 year")
read -r -p "USERNAME: " USERNAME
read -r -p "PASSWORD: " PASSWORD
OSI="
"$USERNAME"
"$PASSWORD"
"$DATE2"
Fail 1
eth0"
sed -i 's/\#\#\#"$(date | awk '{print $2}')"\#\#\#/$OSI/g' /var/etc/osi.conf
///###EDITED###
Below you can find the result. Because the creation month is March and. Hence, the created user must be below ###Mar###
var/etc/osi.conf
###Jan###
###Feb###
###Mar###
"$USERNAME"
"$PASSWORD"
"$DATE2"
Fail 1
eth0"
###Apr###
###May###
###Jun###
###Jul###
###Aug###
###Sep###
###Oct###
###Nov###
###Dec###
I modified, so I don't have to input some name, don't mess around in /etc, don't have issues with locale and date and keep osi.conf unchanged for testing:
DATE=$(LC_ALL=C date | awk '{print $2}')
DATE2=$(LC_ALL=C date +%Y-%m-%d -d "3 year")
USERNAME="Hein"
PASSWORD="53cr3t"
echo -e "$USERNAME\n$PASSWORD\n$DATE2\nFail 1\neth0" > tmp.txt
sed "/$DATE/rtmp.txt" osi.conf
Result:
###Jan###
###Feb###
###Mar###
Hein
53cr3t
2021-03-13
Fail 1
eth0
###Apr###
###May###
###Jun###
###Jul###
###Aug###
###Sep###
###Oct###
###Nov###
###Dec###
If you need quotes around some values, experiment with masking or read the reference.
The keypoint here is sed's ability (Gnu-sed) to r:=read a file and input it at a certain pattern or line number.
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