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not working :(

text may contain () or (abcd).. or any other special character, depends totally on user.
as sed s'/$s/$r/' replaces any character with any.

Thanks
Abhinav

not using vi or vim

sub(s,r)

not replacing special characters like ()
script runs infinitly.

Thanks
Abhinav

It's Working Now !!!:cool::b:

Thanks SOOOOOOO MUCH
Abhinav

Hi,

Thanks to Franklin, my script started working !!! :)

Only one issue left :confused:

sub(s,r) replaces only one word, not even words separated by space.
I want to replace say s="apple...

Thanks Franklin,

I will try this. But I don't know about awk command. need to study it first.

Thanks for the suggestion.
Abhinav :-)

---------- Post updated 2010-02-03 at 12:34 PM...

This is the script for searching and replacing string in dir:

for file in $(grep -l "$find" $path) #finds files with searched value
do
echo " "
echo "Modifying :...

Need more info.
Can some one tell me how I can replace text as mentioned above?

Thanks
Abhinav

I understand your point
but if I use my sed command in
if [ grep /abc/ filename];then
if [ "$ANSWER" == "Y" ];then
#Run the Sed Command
else
#Exit the loop
fi
fi
then...

Thanks for your reply,
but by using grep how can I replace a single line or text within that line using SED command?
what would be the syntax?

Hi,

I have created a script which searches and replace the searched text from any file in directory.
I want to add a functionality where before replacing the text, script shows the line with the...