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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers best method of replacing multiple strings in multiple files - sed or awk? most simple preferred :) Post 302448460 by bartus11 on Thursday 26th of August 2010 05:39:08 AM
Old 08-26-2010
That command alone will replace those strings in all files in current directory. This is because there is shell globbing operator "*" as the argument for sed command. Did you try that command on some test files? Is it not working properly?
 

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SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

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