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# 8  
Old 07-14-2009
yes that is not supported on Solaris 10 in which I am using. gsed I am not familiar with
# 9  
Old 07-14-2009
Same thing, but GNU version with more options.

sed, a stream editor
# 10  
Old 07-14-2009
Code:
sed /"#\/dev\/dsk\/c0t0d0s7"/"\/dev\/dsk\/c0t0d0s7"/g /etc/vfstab
 > vfstab.new

this works then I added a move in there. thanks rakeshawasthi and agn
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