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Old 10-26-2006
venu_nbk venu_nbk is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
'sed' is your friend - sed1liners
Code:
sed 's/^.\{54\}/mv/' myFile.txt
vgersh99

I have a doubt in this. If i am inside the file that is
vi myFile.txt.
Then how can I use the command, should I use the sed word?