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Old 11-21-2012
sed command to find and replace

Hello All,
I need a sed command to find and replace below text in multiple files in a directory.

Original Text :-
Code:
"$SCRIPT_PATH/files"

Replace with :-
Code:
"$RESOURCE_FILE"

Thank you in advance !!!

Regards,
Anand Shah
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Old 11-21-2012
Code:
sed 's#\"\$SCRIPT_PATH/files\"#\"\$RESOURCE_FILE\"#g' filename

OR
Code:
sed 's#"$SCRIPT_PATH/files"#"$RESOURCE_FILE"#g' filename

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