sed command with -i option failing on Mac, but works on Linux

Question

I\'ve successfully used the following sed command to search/replace text in Linux:

sed -i \'s/old_link/new_link/g\' *

However,

Answer 1

I've created a function to handle sed difference between MacOS (tested on MacOS 10.12) and other OS:

OS=`uname`
# $(replace_in_file pattern file)
function replace_in_file() {
    if [ "$OS" = 'Darwin' ]; then
        # for MacOS
        sed -i '' -e "$1" "$2"
    else
        # for Linux and Windows
        sed -i'' -e "$1" "$2"
    fi
}

Usage:

$(replace_in_file 's,MASTER_HOST.*,MASTER_HOST='"$MASTER_IP"',' "./mysql/.env")

Where:

, is a delimeter

's,MASTER_HOST.*,MASTER_HOST='"$MASTER_IP"',' is pattern

"./mysql/.env" is path to file