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# 8  
Old 12-31-2008
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Originally Posted by adityamahi
if i want to replace "mahi" and "MAHI" with "MAHI_123" then how can i do it without two sed cmds how do i do it?

this is wht i did

sed "s/ mahi / MAHI_123 /g" $file >> $F1

cp $F1 $F1.orig
sed -e "s/ MAHI / MAHI_123 /g" $F1.orig > $F1
rm $F1.orig

can anyone please suggest anything better than this
case insensitive search

Please use code-tags

Code:
sed 's/mahi/MAHI_123/gi' filename

# 9  
Old 12-31-2008
when i use the cmd

sed 's/ mahi / MAHI_123 /gi' $file >> $F1 its giving the follwing error

sed: command garbled: s/ mahi / MAHI_123 /gi

am i using it in a proper manner?
# 10  
Old 12-31-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by adityamahi
when i use the cmd

sed 's/ mahi / MAHI_123 /gi' $file >> $F1 its giving the follwing error

sed: command garbled: s/ mahi / MAHI_123 /gi

am i using it in a proper manner?
What is the sed version being used ?
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