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the awk statement only updates the first line for example:

*/------------------John Doe (new name)---------------------*/
Employee name1: Tom Smith (old name)
Address:
City State:
Telephone...

My apologies! I gave you the condensed version of FileB. Here is the format of FileB in its entirety:

*/------------------Employee name 1 ---------------------*/
Employee name1:
Address:
City...

Ok. I used the awk statement (nice!) but this statement only changes the first occurs of the old name to the new name. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Anthony

I like the awk approach. How can I use the awk statement for FileA that is 50 lines long?

Actually, I need to keep the contents of the original file in tact changing only the sed substitutions.

Thanks,
Anthony

Thanks again for the input. How can I use vi command inside the shell script (/bin/sh) to make the substitutions and save the updates to a new file? I am having problems with the format using sed.
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Thanks for your assistance. After making the changes that you suggested, I am getting the correct substitution.


Best regards,
Anthony

Hi,

I have a file, fileA, that consists of two fields. Field 1 has an old object name, and field 2 has a new object name. I would like to search and replace a master file, FileB, by substituting...