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Hello all,
I stumbled upon a command line for multiple search and replace within given destination
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<ul>
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
How can I achieve this? Perl would be awesome.
Input string a_b c //Note there is a blank here
Needed Output a_b_c
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a file that I need to be able to find a pattern match on a line, search that line for a text pattern, and replace that text.
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1. MatchText_randomNumberOfText moreData ReplaceMe moreData
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Hello all
im facing some kind of problem i have this string :
functionA() $" "$ functionB("arg1") $" = "$
i will like to replace all the pairs of opening and closing "$" to be something like that
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can I use search & replace in any variable?
Suppose I have one variable named var1 which holds value "abcabc" I need to search 'a' in var1 and want to replace with 'x' like 'xbcxbc'. Is it possible? Can you provide me an example?
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