You need to specify the character(-set) that is before the beginning of the string.
If there is nothing before - the string is at the beginning of the line - then give ^.
Code:
sed '/^string1\.string2\.string3@/something_else@/'
The same with the character after the end that is @ (and because it is cut it needs to be added again).
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All,
Here is what I am searching for using sed.
1 00640000106798
I want to replace that with the following.
8 0064B0000106798
I can do this easy enough from the command line using sed but I need to put the search string in a file and then execute the sed command within a... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a file that I need to be able to find a pattern match on a line, search that line for a text pattern, and replace that text.
An example of 4 lines in my file is:
1. MatchText_randomNumberOfText moreData ReplaceMe moreData
2. MatchText_randomNumberOfText moreData moreData... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
My requisite is to search for the string "0108"(which is the year and has come in the wrong year format) in a particular column say 4th column in a tab delimited file and then replace it with 2008(the correct year format) in the same position where 0108 was found in the same file..The... (27 Replies)
Hello,
I really would appreciate some help with a bash script for some string manipulation on an SQL dump:
I'd like to be able to rename "sites/WHATEVER/files" to "sites/SOMETHINGELSE/files" within the sql dump.
This is quite easy with sed:
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Need help with either sed or awk to acheive the following
file1
-----
In the amazon forest
The bats eat all the time...
mon tue wed they would eat berries
In the tropical forest
The bats eat all the time...
on wed bats eat nuts
In the rain forest
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on... (2 Replies)
I have a file
DS1
DDS
DS
I want to replace only "DS" to "DSmail.blah.com" in a lot of files. I tried
sed 's/DS/DSmail.blah.com' but it changes all the lines .
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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)
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search "INC0000003.in" and replace column 4 = "W"
$ cat file.txt
INC0000001.in|20150120|Y|N|N
INC0000002.in|20150120|Y|N|N
INC0000003.in|20150120|Y|N|N
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Hi Everyone,
I have a requirement in ksh where i have a set of files in a directory. I need to search each and every file if a particular string is present in the file, delete that line and replace that line with another string expression in the same file.
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libpw
libpw(3) Library Functions Manual libpw(3)NAME
libpw, libPW, Programmers_Workbench_Library - Provides functions for compatibility with existing programs
LIBRARY
Programmers Workbench Library (libPW.a)
DESCRIPTION
The libpw functions are provided for compatibility with existing programs. Their use in new programs is not recommended. Determines
whether string contains character. Determines the offset in string1 of the first character that also occurs in string2. Determines the
offset in string of the first character in the string end that occurs outside of a balanced string as defined by open and close. Concate-
nates the source strings and copies them to destination. Defaults the cleanup routine. Puts the full pathname of the current directory in
string. Determines which directory contains the file p. General purpose error handler. Same as the stdio fdopen() function. Forces a
core dump. Determines if the string pref is an initial substring of string. Determines the offset of the first occurrence in string1 of
string2. Creates a lock file. Returns caller's login name. Copies the first n characters of string1 to string2. Converts string to
integer. Converts string to long. Sets destination to string repeated n times.
Replaces each occurrence of the character old in string with the character new.
Converts string to integer and saves it in *ip. Causes signals to be caught by the setsig1() function.
General purpose signal handling routine.
Gets a pointer to the simple name of full pathname s.
Finds the end of string. Places a substring of string s in destination using the offset origin and length. Copies string s into destina-
tion and replaces any character in old with the corresponding characters in new. Deletes the lock file. Gets the user's login directory.
Defaults user exit routine. Gets the user's login name. Determines the offset in string1 of the first character that is not also in
string2. Allocates memory. Creates a file. Frees memory.
Frees all memory.
Links files. Calls the fatal() function with an appropriate error message. Opens a file. Creates a pipe. Removes a directory entry.
Writes n bytes to the file associated with fd from buffer. Zeros n bytes starting at address p. Replaces the initial blanks with the
character '0' in string s. delim off
libpw(3)