This version seems to return the required output file. The sub() function will only replace the first occurrence of the string to be replaced.
I am running on a linux box and this worked for the given example, however I need to change the value only if it is 2 lines after the value "COD" or "FAL". This is changing it even if the first occurrence is on a different line.
Plus we have a mix of Solaris and HP-linux servers, so I need to rethink how I do this since I need something that will work on either box.
Hi All,
I have a file that I need to be able to find a pattern match on a line, search that line for a text pattern, and replace that text.
An example of 4 lines in my file is:
1. MatchText_randomNumberOfText moreData ReplaceMe moreData
2. MatchText_randomNumberOfText moreData moreData... (4 Replies)
Hello,
I really would appreciate some help with a bash script for some string manipulation on an SQL dump:
I'd like to be able to rename "sites/WHATEVER/files" to "sites/SOMETHINGELSE/files" within the sql dump.
This is quite easy with sed:
sed -e... (1 Reply)
Hi folks,
Can someone guide me on how to use two "not" in an awk search function?
What would be equivalent to
grep ABCD file | grep TO | grep -v "#" | grep -v "DR" in awk
(my idea is to use TWO && and TWO !)
Thanks a bunch in advance. (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have a variable which names the file path, like:
./home/folder1/a/b/c/file.txt
the names of the folders, and the number of upper level folders will be different, I want it just to return the name of the first upper directory with "_" then the folder name, with something added... (5 Replies)
Dear All,
i want to search particular string and want to replance next line value.
following is the test file.
search string is
tmp,???
,10:1 "???" may contain any 3 character it should remain the same and next line replace with ,10:50
tmp,123 --- if match tmp,??? then... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have data as
"01/22/97-"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa""aaa""aabbbbbbbbcccccc""zbcd""dddddddddeeeeeeeeefffffff"
I want to remove only the Consequitive double quotes and not the one which occurs single.
My O/P must be ... (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I am editing a config file in vi that has a / on it.
At the moment, search and replace looks alright as am able to use a # as a temporary separator, i.e. :,$s#/u01/app#/u02/app#g
For doing a search, I have to escape the / do. So if I want to search for /u01/app, I am having to do... (2 Replies)
Hi Team,
I am new to unix, please help me in this.
I have a file named properties.
The content of the file is :
##Mobile props
east.url=https://qa.east.corp.com/prop/end
west.url=https://qa.west.corp.com/prop/end
south.url=https://qa.south.corp.com/prop/end... (2 Replies)
Hi Froum.
I have tried in vain to find a solution for this problem - I'm trying to replace any double quotes within a quoted string with a single quote, leaving everything else as is.
I have the following data:
Before:
... (32 Replies)
Hi All,
I'm unable to load the data using sql loader where there are double quotes within the double quotes As these are optionally enclosed by double quotes.
Sample Data :
"221100",138.00,"D","0019/1477","44012075","49938","49938/15043000","Television - 22" Refurbished - Airwave","Supply... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: mlavanya
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
replace
REPLACE(1) General Commands Manual REPLACE(1)NAME
replace - A utility program that is used by msql2mysql, but that has more general applicability as well. replace changes strings in place
in files or on the standard input. Uses a finite state machine to match longer strings first. Can be used to swap strings.
USAGE
replace [-?svIV] from to from to ... -- [files]
or
replace [-?svIV] from to from to ... < fromfile > tofile
SYNOPSIS
replace [-?|-I] [-s] [-v]
DESCRIPTION
replace
-?|-I info
-s silent
-v verbose
EXTRA INFO
Special characters in from string:
^ Match start of line.
$ Match end of line.
Match space-character, start of line or end of line. For a end the next replace starts locking at the end space-character. A
alone in a string matches only a space-character.
EXAMPLE
this command swaps a and b in the given files:
shell> replace a b b a -- file1 file2 ...
SEE ALSO
isamchk (1), isamlog (1), mysqlaccess (1), mysqladmin (1), mysqlbug (1), mysqld (1), mysqldump (1), mysqlshow (1), msql2mysql (1), perror
(1), replace (1), safe_mysqld (1), which1 (1), zap (1),
AUTHOR
Ver 1.0, distribution 3.23.29a Michael (Monty) Widenius (monty@tcx.se), TCX Datakonsult AB (http://www.tcx.se). This software comes with
no warranty. Manual page by L. (Kill-9) Pedersen (kill-9@kill-9.dk), Mercurmedia Data Model Architect / system developer (http://www.mer-
curmedia.com)
20 December 2000 REPLACE(1)