04-26-2013
Search text and replace line next to it
I have a file which requires modification via a shell script.
Need to do the following: 0. take input from user for new text. 1. search for a keyword in the file. 2. replace the line next to this to this keyword with user supplied input.
for e.g., my file has the following text:
(some text)
(some text)
(text_to_search)
(text_to_replace)
(some text)
(some text)
(some text)
I need to search the file for and rewrite the file replace the line with the input to this script leaving the remaining content untouched.
Regards
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