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# 8  
Old 11-24-2011
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Originally Posted by sriram003
yes looks good ... how do i replace it in actual file rather than a new file >> does not work
Replace file2 with newfile:
Code:
awk -F= 'NR==FNR{a[$1]=$2;next}a[$1]{$2=a[$1]}1' OFS="=" file1 file2 > newfile
mv newfile file2

# 9  
Old 11-24-2011
that will completely rename ... I only want to replace lines which is found ... the other lines in the file will be as it is.
# 10  
Old 11-24-2011
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Originally Posted by sriram003
that will completely rename ... I only want to replace lines which is found ... the other lines in the file will be as it is.
Did you check the difference between file2 and newfile?
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