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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting SED Replacing all but one regex match on a line or specific matches Post 302518949 by vectox on Monday 2nd of May 2011 03:21:36 PM
Old 05-02-2011
SED Replacing all but one regex match on a line or specific matches
Hi,

I'm attempting to rename some files that have spaces in them. Without linking sed commands together is it possible to replace the first three "." to " ".

File.name.is.long.ext -> File name is long.ext

I can get the desired effect with

Code:
echo "File.name.is.long.ext" | sed 's/\./ /g;s/ /\./4'

Is it possible to do the same thing with just one command?

The following type of logic doesn't work
Code:
echo "File.name.is.long.ext" | sed 's/\./ /1~3'

 

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