Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi

Please help with this one..

I have a file...I need to replace all the words containing a particular pattern say "xyz' and replace the entire containing xyz with abc..

Before

xyzwork connect
connect xyz
disconnect raxyz

After the operation i want something like below:
abc connect

connect abc

disconnect abc

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pls explain the operation also if possible...tried with sed but m runnin out of options..

Here's one way to do it with Perl -

Code:

$ 
$ 
$ cat f6
xyzwork connect
connect xyz
disconnect raxyz
$ 
$ perl -ple 's/\b\w*xyz\w*\b/abc/g' f6
abc connect
connect abc
disconnect abc
$ 
$

tyler_durden

Using sed, I'd think it depends on how you define your "word" -

Code:

$ 
$ cat f6
xyzwork connect
connect xyz
disconnect raxyz
$ 
$ 
$ sed 's/[a-zA-Z]*xyz[a-zA-Z]*/abc/g' f6
abc connect
connect abc
disconnect abc
$ 
$

tyler_durden

Check this one: Sed - An Introduction and Tutorial

Thanks a ton!