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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting File deliminated with | character - How do I change 1 value Post 302377897 by jsmithstl on Saturday 5th of December 2009 05:34:02 PM
Old 12-05-2009
This works:
Code:
$ cat sed.dat
Brown|32 inches|apple|monkey
Green|12 feet|grape|cat
Blue|32 inches|banana|dog
Black|23 inches|pear|horse

Code:
$ sed '3s/32 inches/new user value/' sed.dat
Brown|32 inches|apple|monkey
Green|12 feet|grape|cat
Blue|new user value|banana|dog
Black|23 inches|pear|horse

 

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