Replace () { CheckCommand="grep -ci '$1' Makefile" CheckCount=$(eval $CheckCommand) if [ "$CheckCount" -gt 0 ]; then echo "Requested '$1' to '$2', found - replacing.." ReplaceCommand="sed -i 's/$1/$2/g' Makefile" eval $ReplaceCommand else echo "Skipping '$1' to '$2'" fi } Replace '\-llzma' '\/usr\/lib\/i386\-linux\-gnu\/liblzma\.a' Replace '\-lXi' '\/usr\/lib\/i386\-linux\-gnu\/libXi\.a \/usr\/lib\/i386\-linux\-gnu\/libXext\.a' Replace '\-lSM' '\/usr\/lib\/i386\-linux\-gnu\/libSM\.a' Replace '\-lICE' '\/usr\/lib\/i386\-linux\-gnu\/libICE\.a' Replace '\-lfontconfig' '\/usr\/lib\/i386\-linux\-gnu\/libfontconfig\.a \/usr\/lib\/i386\-linux\-gnu\/libexpat\.a' Replace '\-lfreetype' '\/usr\/lib\/i386\-linux\-gnu\/libfreetype\.a' Replace '\-lXext' '\/usr\/lib\/i386\-linux\-gnu\/libXext\.a' Replace '\-lopus' '\/usr\/local\/lib\/libopus\.a' Replace '\-lopenal' '\/usr\/local\/lib\/libopenal\.a' Replace '\-lavformat' '\/usr\/local\/lib\/libavformat\.a' Replace '\-lavcodec' '\/usr\/local\/lib\/libavcodec\.a' Replace '\-lswresample' '\/usr\/local\/lib\/libswresample\.a' Replace '\-lswscale' '\/usr\/local\/lib\/libswscale\.a' Replace '\-lavutil' '\/usr\/local\/lib\/libavutil\.a' Replace '\-lva' '\/usr\/local\/lib\/libva\.a' Replace '\-lQt5Network' '\/usr\/local\/Qt-5.5.1\/lib\/libQt5Network.a \/usr\/local\/ssl\/lib\/libssl.a \/usr\/local\/ssl\/lib\/libcrypto.a'