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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Here's the nonfunctional code I have so far
#!/bin/bash
searchFor=(`cat filea.txt` )
replaceWith=(`cat fileb.txt`)
myMax=${#searchFor}
myCounter=1
while ;
do sed -i 's/${$searchFor}/${$replaceWith}/g'
done
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am very new to Linux and am trying to find a way for following problem.
I have a number of files in a folder as Export000.dat, Export001.dat ..and so on.
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi.
I would like to have experts help on below action.
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
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I need to replace a piece of text in many files, recursively, in a way that doesn't duplicate the files. How would I do that?
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am a newbie to shell scripting and to Linux environment as well.
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear all
My task is to replace a strings in multiple files.
filename: file1
I can use sed to replace abc.server.com to unix.server.org
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I have 2 questions. How do I
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ok guys,
If anyone could help me out on this puppy I'd be very appreciative!
Here's the scenario
I have a string for example :
<img src=BLANK_IMG border=0 width=221 height=12>
or
<img src=IMG border=0 height=12 width=221 >
or anything else really....
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Hi all,
I want to replace text 'DEF' for those files containing text 'ABC'.
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