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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello -
I am trying to use a global replace command but its not working.
Here is the cmd I am using in vi:
:%s/OLD/NEW/g
However, in my "NEW" I already have a "/" which is not making the replace work:
:%s/mytestscript.com:33232/mytestscript:70245/test.com/g
the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: DallasT
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am newbie to perl,
I am trying to use the below syntax to replace globally a string with a variable.
$ bash -version
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (powerpc-ibm-aix5.1)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
$ perl -version
This is perl, v5.8.8 built for... (2 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am wondering what way, I can remove a certain text with nothing.
for example:
MyVariable=Y7UHNI
to only:
Y7UHNI
removing 'MyVariable=' globally?
thanks (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: DallasT
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
All ,
i have input line as below .
abc\ , ewioweioi \,
and want the output as below removing the "\"
abc , ewioweioi ,
could anyone help me out (2 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I wish to replace a new line with br (html) but it doesn't seem to work
message=$(echo ${FORM_message} | tr '\r' '<br \/>' )
what it gives me seems to be ... b...?
I am also having problem escaping hash sign in cut command:
list=$(echo "$line" | cut -d'\#;\#' -f1) ;
my intention is... (2 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all
I'm in need of a command which can replace a specified string with another string - across multiple files within multiple sub-directories (I intend to run it from / )
I've used the following to get a list of the files:
find . | xargs grep <string1>
But that's as far as I've got.... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: huskie69
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to change some strings from A to B in a number of files within a directory. Please can someone advise how do I do that?
Many thanks (5 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a file where the rows correspond to individuals and the columns are about 106 variables. Each variable is coded as either ACGT, and "missing" is coded as blank. This is a tab delimited file. I'm trying to replace all blanks (" ") with 0. The simple script I have is only replacing some of the... (3 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a dir containing many shell scripts. Each of these shell scripts state a database name (always the same), which I need to change to be a new database.
grep <database name> * brings back all the lines containing the database name. However, I need to change them to be something... (1 Reply)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Gurus,
I have in my /tmp directory 26 files "filea", "fileb"..."filez". Each file contains the name of a database 'dwora' at many, many places within each file.
My boss decided to change the name of the db so I need to do (what i'd call) a global search&replace of that string in all my... (0 Replies)
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