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Old 07-24-2006
how to replace a word with another

Hi All,

v_notes = "Ravi & kumar & garlapati"

i want out put like "Ravi and kumar and garlapati"

What is the command to get this as output, we have to replace all & with and.

Hope this is clear.

Regards,
Ravi Kumar Garlapati
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Old 07-24-2006
sed 's/&/and/g'

echo "Ravi & kumar & garlapati" | sed 's/&/and/g'
Ravi and kumar and garlapati

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