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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Need help to use regex to do search and replace. Don't know how to and can't figure out how :( Post 303027019 by newbie_01 on Friday 7th of December 2018 06:03:57 AM
Old 12-07-2018
Hi RudiC

I think I get what you mean. Need to get the hang of trying to understand these regex.
I tested as below.
It gives the output that am after.
Will try with the real file that I am wanting to change.

Code:
$: head -20 file*
==> file1 <==
/db/abcp/DIR/abcp_data_01.dbf

==> file2 <==
/db/abcp/DIR/abcp_data_01.dbf
   /db/abcp/DIR/abcp_data_02.dbf

==> file3 <==
/db/abcp/DIR/abcp_data_01.dbf
/db/abcp/DIR/abcp_data_01.dbf txt
   /db/abcp/DIR/abcp_data_02.dbf
$: sed 's#^\(/db/abcp/DIR/abcp\)\(_.*\.dbf\)$#/db/abct/DIR/abct\2#' file1 > file
$: cat file
/db/abct/DIR/abct_data_01.dbf
$: sed 's#^\(/db/abcp/DIR/abcp\)\(_.*\.dbf\)$#/db/abct/DIR/abct\2#' file2 > file
$: cat file
/db/abct/DIR/abct_data_01.dbf
   /db/abcp/DIR/abcp_data_02.dbf
$: sed 's#^\(/db/abcp/DIR/abcp\)\(_.*\.dbf\)$#/db/abct/DIR/abct\2#' file3 > file
$: cat file
/db/abct/DIR/abct_data_01.dbf
/db/abcp/DIR/abcp_data_01.dbf txt
   /db/abcp/DIR/abcp_data_02.dbf

 

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