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10-14-2008

larne

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change line found by pattern using sed

I want to change a line like

Code:

CPM_THRESHOLD    0.8            //

to a new value using sed
I am trying

Code:

sed -i "s/CPM_THRESHOLD/CPM_THRESHOLD\t$COH\t\t\/\//" $INPUT_4

but how can i substitute the whole line begining with CPM_THRESHOLD and substitute it?

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