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Raju Datla Raju Datla is offline VIP Member  
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how to replace character in the line
I have unix text file which has the following data

aadjdfad;fa;fjjd;lakd;lkaslkd;k;k;lk;k;lk;l;lk;lkj;lj;lkj;k;lkj;lj;lkj;lkj;lkj;j
sdkadk;adlf;lajf;akdjf;lkdjf;lkadjf;lkajsd;lfkj;lkj;lkj;lk;lk;lk;lk;k;lkj;k;lkm
lkj;lkj;lkj;lkj;lj;lkj;lkj;ljlj;lkj;lkj;ljl;j;lj;lkj;lkj;lkj;ljsdfa;ldf;lj;lkj;lkj;lkasdks

I want to replace every 13th semicolon ; with any text ex. 'raju' in everyline, how it is possible.
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Assuming you mean replace 13th occurrence in each line:

Code:
 sed 's/;/raju/13' infile > outfile
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thank you , it works exactly .
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