1#!/bin/bash
2
3# This program will modify a file by substituting all instances of a specified
4# IP with "DUMMYIP".  This is useful for making the IP address generic and thus
5# searchable.
6
7# Description of argument(s):
8# ip_addr    An IP address.
9# file_path  The path to a file which is to be modified.
10
11# Get arguments.
12ip_addr="${1}" ; shift
13file_path="${1}" ; shift
14
15# Validate arguments.
16if [ -z "${ip_addr}" ] ; then
17  echo "**ERROR** You must provide an IP address as the first positional" \
18       "parameter." >&2
19  exit 1
20fi
21
22if [ -z "${file_path}" ] ; then
23  echo "**ERROR** You must provide a file path as the second positional" \
24       "parameter." >&2
25  exit 1
26fi
27
28ip_addr_regex=`echo ${ip_addr} | sed 's/\(\.\)/\\\./g'`
29sed -i 's/'${ip_addr_regex}'/DUMMYIP/g'  ${file_path}
30