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Old 07-28-2004
replace string in binary file

Dear all,

How can replace special string with another string in binary file?

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# 2  
Old 07-28-2004
Use perl...

perl -pi -e 's/pattern/replacement/g' file1
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Old 07-29-2004
thanks

many thanks
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