On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 05:45, Jianping Zhu wrote: > Thanks. > but a little confused by your advice > can u give more detail?
Use sed, as was advised by Ric Tibbetts. That is what it's made for. Forget anything else. sed 's/abdfggg/opsmsdd/g' originalfile.txt > newfile.txt > Thanks > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Rick Carroll wrote: > > > Use back-ticks `` (like single quotes in the opposite direction) around your >command. > > Example MYVAR=`grep foo bar` > > > > This redirects the standard out of a command into a variable. > > > > > > Rick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jianping Zhu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 8:22 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: how to substutue string in a text file > > > > > > how to substutue string in a text file by using "gerp" or "find"? > > > > I have a text file, lof of "abdfggg" in that text file, i need to change > > it to "opsmsdd", is there a simple way to do that? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -------------------------------- > > Jianping Zhu > > Department of Computer Science > > Univerity of Georgia > > Athens, GA 30602 > > Tel 706 5423900 > > -------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -------------------------------- > Jianping Zhu > Department of Computer Science > Univerity of Georgia > Athens, GA 30602 > Tel 706 5423900 > -------------------------------- -- Cliff Wells, Software Engineer Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net) (503) 978-6726 x308 (800) 735-0555 x308 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
