Hi there
I have a file which has the lines


These lines could be anywhere in the file as far as line numbers go, I would like replace these two lines with

Is there a quick and simple way for me to do this ?

cheers

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use this
though not clean, should work

thats great but if i run that command from the command line it outputs the correct result to the screen but doesnt actually edit the file


How do i get it to make a permanent change to the file ??

or

that works great thankyou ....I wanted to avoid creating a new file and mv'ing it back over again....but if i have to do that then so be it

thanks for your help

You might try something like this if you don't want to create a file: This will edit the text within the file. Non interactive style vi. The exact syntax for ex is a bit murky I can't find a lot of docs on it, but in a few occasions it's well worth figuring out and using.