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Asked: 2026-06-04T03:08:37+00:00

I want to replace (whole string) $(TOPDIR)/$(OSSCHEMASDIRNAME) with /udir/makesh/$(OSSCHEMASDIRNAME) in a makefile I tried

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I want to replace (whole string)

    $(TOPDIR)/$(OSSCHEMASDIRNAME)

with

    /udir/makesh/$(OSSCHEMASDIRNAME)

in a makefile

I tried with 

     perl -pi.bak -e "s/\$\(TOPDIR\)\/\$\(OSSCHEMASDIRNAME\)/\/udir\/makesh\/\$\(OSSCHEMASDIRNAME\)/g " makefile

but i am getting unmatched parentheses error

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have to “double” escape the dollar sign. Like this:

    echo "\$(TOPDIR)/\$(OSSCHEMASDIRNAME)" | perl -p -e "s/\\$\(TOPDIR\)\/\\$\(OSSCHEMASDIRNAME\)/\/udir\/makesh\/\\$\(OSSCHEMASDIRNAME\)/g"
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