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Old 03-20-2011
Finding and replacing whole line using sed
Hi all,

assume that i am having the following line in a file called file1.

triumph and disaster must be treated same.

I want to replace this line with.

follow excellence success will chase you.

is it possible to do this using sed. if possible kindly post me the code.
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Old 03-20-2011
Code:
sed -i 's/triumph and disaster must be treated same./follow excellence success will chase you./' file1

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Old 03-20-2011
Hi kato,

Thanks it works!!!
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