Problem using os.system() with sed command

Question

I\'m writing a small method to replace some text in a file. The only argument I need is the new text, as it is always the same file and text to be replaced.

I\'m hav

Answer 1

Maybe some indentation problem?

The following works correctly:

import os

def updateExportConfigId(id):
    stringId = "%s" % id
    cmd= "sed '1,$s/MANAGER_ID=[0-9]*/MANAGER_ID=" + stringId + "/g' test.dat > test.new"
    print "command is " + cmd
    os.system(cmd)


updateExportConfigId("adsf")

Also do not use reserved words (id) as variables.