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Old 12-03-2008
Find and Replace in ksh.

Hi Experts,

I have a directory which have 500 ksh, they all have common path string.

I have replaced all the ksh in different directory so i need to change the path string.

Please help me how to search and replace it.

Thanks SKG
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Old 12-05-2008
Can you please rephrase your question? What is in the directory? What do they have in common? What path string are you referring to? What needs to be replaced? What is to be replaced with? Provide two specific examples. Thanks.
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