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To do an inline find and replace using sed use the following syntax
 
To do an inline find and replace using sed use the following syntax
  
  sed -i s/<FIND_TEXT>/<REPLACE_TEXT>/g
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  sed -i 's/<FIND_TEXT>/<REPLACE_TEXT>/g' /path/to/file.txt
  
 
-i = Inline<br>
 
-i = Inline<br>

Latest revision as of 16:31, 8 July 2010

Inline Find and Replace

To do an inline find and replace using sed use the following syntax

sed -i 's/<FIND_TEXT>/<REPLACE_TEXT>/g' /path/to/file.txt

-i = Inline
s/ = Search
/g = Global


Reference

http://www.brunolinux.com/02-The_Terminal/Find_and%20Replace_with_Sed.html