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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Edit a Huge one line file Post 302655041 by bartus11 on Tuesday 12th of June 2012 04:02:10 PM
Old 06-12-2012
To count:
Code:
perl -ne '@x=/phrase/g;print $#x+1 . "\n"' file

To replace:
Code:
perl -i -pe 's/phrase/replace/g' file

 

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NAME
grub-render-label - generate a .disk_label for Apple Macs. SYNOPSIS
grub-render-label [OPTION...] [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION
Render Apple .disk_label. -b, --bgcolor=COLOR use COLOR for background -c, --color=COLOR use COLOR for text -f, --font=FILE use FILE as font (PF2). -i, --input=FILE read text from FILE. -o, --output=FILE set output filename. Default is STDOUT -t, --text=STRING set the label to render -v, --verbose print verbose messages. -?, --help give this help list --usage give a short usage message -V, --version print program version Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. REPORTING BUGS
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