>To: plank@cs.utk.edu
>Subject: Incorporating Shell Variables within a SED script
>
>Is it possible to incorporate Shell variables within a SED script? Have
>tried various escape mechanism's to allow the "$" to be interpreted as a
>Shell Variable ... but no luck so far.
>-- 

Not from a script file, but you can from the shell.  E.g.:

UNIX> echo "jim" | sed "s/jim/$USER/"

Jim Plank