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Old 06-18-2009
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Replace fixed strings only

Hi All,

I just need to do find and replace in a file....
say for eg I have the input file like below:
in.txt
#####
oldtextoldtext
oldtext
oldtext
oldtext
oldtext123
oldtext-
oldtext

I need to replace oldtext to newtext... my output file should come like below..
out.txt
######
oldtextoldtext
newtext
newtext
newtext
oldtext123
oldtext-
newtext

Pls help me....
Thanks in advance
Saravana
 

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