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# 8  
Old 05-07-2011
can I also choose only to replace exactly the second with this ?

Cause it seems like it only stops after replacing 3 ?
# 9  
Old 05-07-2011
Try:
Code:
x=`head -1 /var/mobile/RELINKING.txt`; perl -pse 's#file://localhost/.*/Documents/#$&# && ++$n==2 && s#file://localhost/.*/Documents/#$x#'  -- -x=$x Bookmarks.plist

# 10  
Old 05-07-2011
x=`head -1 /var/mobile/RELINKING.txt`; sed "s#file://localhost/.*/Documents/#$x#" Bookmarks.plist

^ It seems that this one you posted works fine except for the fact that it kills the localhost and Documents portion aswell.

That Second Script, I can't try it since it requires perl, is there any substiute that works with awk or sed ?

Thanks again, really helpful.
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