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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 | + | 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