I want to search a configuration file for this expression: "central.database". I then want to change the setting associated with "central.database" to "SQLTEST".

The layout of the config file would look like this initially:

central.database = SQLFIRSTTEST

This is what i want it to look like after the sed replacement:

central.database = SQLTEST

I am doing this in a bash script, any suggestions, recommendations or alternative solutions are welcome!

(Actually both central.database and SQLTEST come from bash variables here.)

My current code (third attempt):

sshRetValue=$(ssh -p "35903" -i $HOME/sshids/idrsa-1.old ${1} <<EOF
        sed -i "s/^\($CENTRAL_DB_NAME\s*=\s*\).*\$/\1$CENTRAL_DB_VALUE/" /home/testing.txt;
        echo $?
EOF
)

Error message:

Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
sed: -e expression #1, char 58: unknown option to `s'
-bash: line 3: EOF: command not found
bash sed
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