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Asked: 2026-05-26T20:05:54+00:00

Looking to run a script on the server to look at a path of

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Looking to run a script on the server to look at a path of a file and replace a word whereas it matches in the div.

So need to replace _toself to viewers where author equals a certain email test@example.com

URL=/var/www/sever/temp/fhyw1
FILE=user.txt

<div class='entry'>
  <div class='pageurl'>temp/fhyw1</div>
  <div class='context'>text</div>
  <div class='subject'>testing</div>
  <div class='notetext'></div>
  <div class='signed'>USER</div>
  <div class='author'>test@example.com</div>
  <div class='color'>0</div>
  <div class='visibility'>shared</div>
  <div class='to'>_toself</div>
  <div class='num'>4</div>
</div>
<div class='entry'>
  <div class='pageurl'>temp/fhyw1</div>
  <div class='context'>text</div>
  <div class='subject'>testing</div>
  <div class='notetext'></div>
  <div class='signed'>USER</div>
  <div class='author'>user@example.com</div>
  <div class='color'>0</div>
  <div class='visibility'>shared</div>
  <div class='to'>_viewers</div>
  <div class='num'>4</div>
</div>
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  1. Editorial Team

    This sed solution might work for you:

     sed -e '/^<div class=.entry.>/,\_^</div>_{//!{H;d};\_^</div>_!{h;d};x;/author.>test@example.com/s/_toself/SUBSTITUTE TEXT/;p;x}' text_file

    N.B. You will need to replace SUBSTITUE TEXT with the viewers,_viewers or whatever

    The sed command allows all lines other than those between <div class=.entry.> and </dev>(. allows for single 'or double quotes ") to pass through unchanged. If the line begins with <div class=.entry.> it is copied to a register call the hold space (HS) and then the pattern space (PS) is deleted. All other lines are appended to the HS and then deleted accepting the line </div>. When this line appears the HS is swapped with the PS and if this multiline contains author.>test@example.com then SUBSTITUTE TEXT is substituted for _toself. The multiline is printed out regardless, then the PS replaces the HS and it in turn to printed out.

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