1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am having to do a lot of searching thru files to replace words. Is there a command that i can run that will alow me to hunt thru a group of files and replace one word with another without having to open each file idividually? -thanks;) (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I need to replace a specific line in a text (eg the line contains the word MYSERVER) with a number of lines (let's say 4) in which the word MYSERVER will be replaced with server1 in the first line server2 in the second line server3 in the 3rd line server4 in the 4th line The original... (1 Reply)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i am very new to UNIX plz help me in this scenario i have two text files as below file1.txt name=Rajakumar. Discipline=Electronics and communication. Designation=software Engineer. file2.txt name=Kannan. Discipline=Mechanical. Designation=CADD Design Engineer. ... (6 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi all, i am new bee to Unix. i know how to replace text for range of lines in vi for e.g. replace | with |||| for line 4 through 7 using vi : 4,7s/|/||||/g but i have to replace | with |||| only for line no 4, 7 and 10 using vi only!!! your help will be appreciated! thanks,... (4 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I want to replace this line : "test compare visible] true" and make it "#test compare visible] true". How can I do it ? And it should be checked in many sub folder files also. (6 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a file test.txt cat test.txt shows 10 200 5 600 1000 4 88 9 3 6 66 101 Suppose, I want to replace a number with a particular line and column. For instance, the number 88 in line 3, column 2. I want to replace it by 99. How can I do that? Note that I am... (11 Replies)

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I have two files a.txt b.txt I want to find a line in a.txt and replace by another line from b.txt a.txt asfsdfsfsfdfsf asfwererfgdgf wrerwetretfdg b.txt werdfgdfgf werergfdgd sfdfgfgfgfgg i want to replace the 1st line of a.txt by 1st line of b.txt i want out put as (5 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

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... (7 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Have multiple files with the same format and certain text is the same. Have specific text to search for and then need to replace the next line. Can search on the text DEVICE and multiple lines will be found. The line after each DEVICE line has {. Want to replace the line { with {-someadditiontext.... (2 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello All I have had a requirement where I need to move data to a new line based on a text Input :61: 456 B66666 :61: 878 N78777 :61: 534533534 BNNN Output :61: 456 B66666 :61: 878 N78777 :61: 534533534 BNNN So basically as soon as it encounters :61: it should... (3 Replies)