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I have been struggling to replace every occurence of "<KEY>" in a file with ${encryptedkeyValue} I wrote this line but it is not doing anything. please help 

awk ' { gsub("<KEY>","'${encryptedkeyValue}'") }1 ' ${scriptHome}/config.properties

Thanks in advance, Priya

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I see in your raw posting that you want to replace a KEY string. (I edited your posting, but you should confirm or correct it.) Please clarify whether the < and > and two " are part of the KEY keyword. I then adjust my answer accordingly. –  Janis Apr 21 at 21:13

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If you mean to replace a string consisting of two double quotes, and also pass your variables using option -v, as in:

awk -v val="${encryptedkeyValue}" '{ gsub(/<KEY>/,val) } 1'
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