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Old 03-21-2009
sed command to replace 'amar',akbar with 'anthony'
Hello,
just needed the help to replace 'amar',akbar with 'anthony' in sed. Here is what i tried but couldn't succeed

Code:
sed 's/''amar'',akbar/''anthony''/' file1

thanks in advance Smilie
# 2  
Old 03-21-2009
Code:
$ cat file2
Linux
Solaris
Ubuntu
amar,akbar
HP-UX
 
$ sed 's/amar,akbar/anthony/g' file2
Linux
Solaris
Ubuntu
anthony
HP-UX

Last edited by Whiteboard; 03-21-2009 at 12:22 PM..
# 3  
Old 03-21-2009
thanks for your effort Whiteboard but 'amar' is enclosed in quotes. In your file the amar is not enclosed in quotes, i want "'amar',akbar" to be replaced with "'anthony'" (ignore double quotes)
# 4  
Old 03-21-2009
Hi,

Code:
$ cat file2
Linux
Solaris
Ubuntu
'amar',akbar
HP-UX

Code:
$ sed "s/'amar',akbar/'anthony'/g" test.lst
Linux
Solaris
Ubuntu
'anthony'
HP-UX

Thanks
Sha
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Old 03-21-2009
thanks Shahul Smilie it's working smooth
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