edit text file via a shell or perl script

[instantkarma]

How can I do this?

I want to edit /etc/resolv.conf to change it from

nameserver 228.23.501.19

to

nameserver 75.199.286.4

. I have to do so every so often (when I'm at home) and want to save myself editing it manually by $sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks.

[zeex]

How can I do this?

I want to edit /etc/resolv.conf to change it from

nameserver 212.33.511.29

to

nameserver 62.219.186.7

. I have to do so every so often (when I'm at home) and want to save myself editing it manually by $sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks.

Hi,

You can try a simple shell script.

#!/bin/sh

echo "nameserver 62.219.186.7" > /etc/resolv.conf ;

save the script say nameserver.sh make it executable

$ chmod +x nameserver.sh

you can run it after boot from terminal or you can add it to runlevel so that it updates resolv.conf when system boots up

This link might help you in running script during boot

Good luck

[kaibob]

The following command--which can be placed in a shell script--will do what you want:

sudo sed -i 's/212.33.511.29/62.219.186.7/' /etc/resolv.conf

[instantkarma]

Hi,

You can try a simple shell script.

#!/bin/sh

echo "nameserver 62.219.186.7" > /etc/resolv.conf ;

save the script say nameserver.sh make it executable

$ chmod +x nameserver.sh

you can run it after boot from terminal or you can add it to runlevel so that it updates resolv.conf when system boots up

This link might help you in running script during boot

Good luck

Works like a charm. Thanks.