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Old 03-17-2008
apsprabhu apsprabhu is offline
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Hi Reddy,

The below script will work for you,

mainStr="abacus"
old_word="ab"
new_word="cd"
result=`cat $mainStr | sed "s/$old_word/$new_word/g"`
Last edited by apsprabhu; 03-17-2008 at 08:58 AM.. Reason: Missed out