09-26-2009
Exact String replacement with sed
Hi,
What should be the syntax to match and replace an exact string using sed? And not replacing any string that contain the value?
Eg.
testtest
etstetst
testetst
testtttt
etsttest
testtesttest
testtest
I only want to replace the line with exact string "testtest" with "123456"
The sed syntax I used was "sed 's/testtest/123456/g' temp1.properties"
This way it replaced testtesttest as 123456test which is not a required result.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Eugene
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys, I hope you can help me with my problem.
I have a text file that contains lines like this:
78 ANGELO -809.05
79 ANGELO2 -5,000.06
I need to find all occurences of amounts that are negative and replace them with x's
78 ANGELO xxxxxxx
79... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: amangeles
4 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to search and replace a particular string in a file. Only the exact match of the string should be replaced.
eg: File contents : abc abcd abcdef
--> Replace only 'abc' with 'xyz', but it should not replace abcd with xyzd.
So the o/p should be: xyz abcd abcdef.
How can this be done? I... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: sngk
5 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
sed -i 's:"ps -ef | grep $(cat $PID_FILE) | grep -v grep":"ps -C java -o pid,cmd | grep ${SERVER_NAME} | cut -d' ' -f1 | grep -v grep":g' scriptName
That's what I'm attempting to do. I'm attempting to replace this:
ps -ef | grep $(cat $PID_FILE) | grep -v grep
with this:
ps -C java -o... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cbo0485
5 Replies
4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear Friends,
Anybody knows how to match exact lines only in multilinear.
Input file:
apple
orange
orange
apple
apple
orange
Desired output:
fruit
orange
apple
fruit
i used the command (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vasanth.vadalur
1 Replies
5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey everybody. I've got a simple problem but am unsure how to resolve it. I am using a script to edit multiple files at once. Inside the script I am using an sed command to make the changes. My problem is that I can only get it to work for stings that contain a word or words. How can I modify it to... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: iwatk003
1 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to use the regex in the replacement string in SED command.
something like
sed -e ' s/\(^\{5\}\).\{150\}\(.*\)$/\10\{30\}1\{30\}A\{60\}B\{30\}\2/' abc
which means for all the lines in file abc that starts with 5 characters, I need to replace character 6-151... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: snowline84
6 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
QUESTION1:
How do you grep only an exact string. I am using Solaris10 and do not have any GNU products installed.
Contents of car.txt
CAR1_KEY0
CAR1_KEY1
CAR2_KEY0
CAR2_KEY1
CAR1_KEY10
CURRENT COMMAND LINE: WHERE VARIABLE CAR_NUMBER=1 AND KEY_NUMBER=1
grep... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: thibodc
1 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to replace a string by contents of file.
I am trying the following sed command:
cat sample | sed "s^<enter description here>^`cat details`^"
But it is not working.
a=`cat details` and using $a will not help since it will affect the whitespaces.
What am I missing in the above sed... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: anand_bh
5 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a workaround to the problem i m posting, however if someone wants to look at my query and respond ... i will appreciate.
This is in reference to this thread -> https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-and-scripting/267630-extract-between-two-exact-matched-strings.html
I have data.txt as... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohtashims
11 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
Just surfed on the web for probable answers but could not get them working.
I wish to replace the string containing spaces by another phrase but below answers did not work.
My string is:
PAIN & GAIN
I wish to convert it to:
P&G
I just need it working with sed with function -i
... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: baris35
6 Replies
LEARN ABOUT LINUX
git-replace
GIT-REPLACE(1) Git Manual GIT-REPLACE(1)
NAME
git-replace - Create, list, delete refs to replace objects
SYNOPSIS
git replace [-f] <object> <replacement>
git replace -d <object>...
git replace -l [<pattern>]
DESCRIPTION
Adds a replace reference in refs/replace/ namespace.
The name of the replace reference is the SHA-1 of the object that is replaced. The content of the replace reference is the SHA-1 of the
replacement object.
The replaced object and the replacement object must be of the same type. This restriction can be bypassed using -f.
Unless -f is given, the replace reference must not yet exist.
There is no other restriction on the replaced and replacement objects. Merge commits can be replaced by non-merge commits and vice versa.
Replacement references will be used by default by all Git commands except those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack transfer and
fsck).
It is possible to disable use of replacement references for any command using the --no-replace-objects option just after git.
For example if commit foo has been replaced by commit bar:
$ git --no-replace-objects cat-file commit foo
shows information about commit foo, while:
$ git cat-file commit foo
shows information about commit bar.
The GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS environment variable can be set to achieve the same effect as the --no-replace-objects option.
OPTIONS
-f, --force
If an existing replace ref for the same object exists, it will be overwritten (instead of failing).
-d, --delete
Delete existing replace refs for the given objects.
-l <pattern>, --list <pattern>
List replace refs for objects that match the given pattern (or all if no pattern is given). Typing "git replace" without arguments,
also lists all replace refs.
CREATING REPLACEMENT OBJECTS
git-filter-branch(1), git-hash-object(1) and git-rebase(1), among other git commands, can be used to create replacement objects from
existing objects.
If you want to replace many blobs, trees or commits that are part of a string of commits, you may just want to create a replacement string
of commits and then only replace the commit at the tip of the target string of commits with the commit at the tip of the replacement string
of commits.
BUGS
Comparing blobs or trees that have been replaced with those that replace them will not work properly. And using git reset --hard to go back
to a replaced commit will move the branch to the replacement commit instead of the replaced commit.
There may be other problems when using git rev-list related to pending objects.
SEE ALSO
git-hash-object(1) git-filter-branch(1) git-rebase(1) git-tag(1) git-branch(1) git(1)
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
Git 1.8.5.3 01/14/2014 GIT-REPLACE(1)