hi
I wanted to find this char " ^M " in my file and replace it with blank space.
I am using Unix system.
If i give command " :%s/^M//gc " it wont work
so can anyone tell what is command to find and replace
thankx (3 Replies)
Hi all,
My problem is the following:
I've a script that must list all files in a directory and write this information in a text file.
I've tried to get the list through ls command and then write it using msgecho
msgecho "`ls $PATH_APS_JOB_ORA`"
This works good but the created string... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have a directory has DIR1 and the D1 directory has 200+ files.
I want change the string from "Bangalore" to "Bangaluru" in all files in the D1 directory.
Thanks (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a file named "Test_2008_01_21"
The file contains a string "manual" that occurs many times in the file
How can i find the positions of the string "manual" in the file
Ex: if the string " manual " occurs three times in the file. i want to replace the second occurance of string... (6 Replies)
Hello Friends,
I've been trying to write a script which finds a string and change it with another string. For this i want to search all files (with its arguments) under a spesific directory and its subdirectories.
For example lets assume i want to replace an IP= 192.168.0.4 with another... (4 Replies)
Hi guys,
I´m trying to replace the 2 last folders name in a list of directories with a new string, but I´m don´t know which regex to apply.
Directories list:
C/my user/documents/games & music
C/my user/documents/photos 09-24-2008
C/my user/settings/config ?1_2
* The last folder may have... (11 Replies)
here is what i want to achieve... consider a file contains below contents. the file size is large about 60mb
cat dump.sql
INSERT INTO `table1` (`id`, `action`, `date`, `descrip`, `lastModified`) VALUES (1,'Change','2011-05-05 00:00:00','Account Updated','2012-02-10... (10 Replies)
Dear all,
I need your help, I have file like this:
file1:23456
01910964830098775635
34567
01942809546554654323
67589
26546854368698023653
09778
58716868568576876878
08675
86178546154065406546
08573
54165843543054354305
.
.file2:
23456 25
34567 26
67589 27 (2 Replies)
Dear All
I need to find and replace a string in a set of files. I try as :
#find / -name "*"|xargs grep "Tektra"|grep -v "Tektra GSM BTS"
But it doesn't work. It just finds the string in the files. I need to find and replace it.Can you please let me know how to correct it?
Thank you (2 Replies)
Hi All,
Greetings.
I have a .dat file which somewhere in its content contains symbol ""^ I want to replace it with "^
I tried with SED command but could not achieve what i wanted
sed -e "s/'""^'/'"^'/ig" filename.dat (5 Replies)
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rpl
RPL(1) BSD General Commands Manual RPL(1)NAME
rpl -- replace strings in files
SYNOPSIS
rpl [-LhiwbqvsRepfdt] [-xSUFFIX] <old_string> <new_string> <target_file ...>
DESCRIPTION
Basic usage is to specify two strings and one or more filenames or directories on the command line. The first string is the string to
replace, and the second string is the replacement string.
-h, --help
A short help text.
-L, --license
Show the license and exit.
-xSUFFIX
Search only files ending with SUFFIX, e.g. ``.txt''. May be specified multiple times.
-i, --ignore-case
Ignore the case of old_string.
-w, --whole-words
Make old_string match only on word boundaries.
-b, --backup
Move the original files to filename~ before replacing them.
-q, --quiet
Quiet mode.
-v, --verbose
Verbose mode.
-s, --dry-run
Simulation mode, no files are changed.
-R, --recursive
Recurse into subdirectories.
-e, --escape
Expand escape sequences in old_string and new_string. Examples of escape sequences are '
' (new-line), ' ' (tab), 'x42' (hexadec-
imal number 42), '