06-24-2008
overwriting a line in text file
I have a text file with following content (3 lines)
filename : output.txt
first line:12/12/2008
second line:12/12/2008
third line:Y
I would like to know how we can replace 'Y' with 'N' in the 3rd line keeping 1st and 2nd lines same as what it was before.
I tried using cat output.txt |sed -e 's/third line:Y/third line:Y/' , but in this case it writes the output to some other file and we have to replace that old file with new file.
Do we have a way to do this without replacing the old file with new file after using sed command or can we do this any command other than sed?
Last edited by santosham; 06-24-2008 at 12:16 PM..
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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
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DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
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Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
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