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Old 07-14-2008
Data Replacing of word

Hi all,

I wanted to replace one word with another word pl help me to solve the same.

example:-

I wanted to replace RXOTX with RXOTRX in a perticuler file with hole.

Regards,
Ramesh
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Old 07-14-2008
sed -i 's/RXOTX /RXOTRX /' filename
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Old 07-14-2008
Syntax for sed depends on unix version.

In most unixes this syntax will change every occurance of one string to another string.

sed -e "s/RXOTX/RXOTRX/g" filename
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