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# 8  
Old 09-28-2015
Quote:
sed 's/^test test test$/"My new line here R. Singh"/ '
does only find lines that entirely match the given test test test.
More close to the requirement is
Code:
sed 's/.*string within the line.*/My new line/'

Or
Code:
sed '/string within the line/ s/.*/My new line/'

The option /g (try multiple substitutions within one line) is nonsense here.
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# 9  
Old 09-29-2015
Its working. Thanks. But when my replacement string goes beyond 255 characters, its throwing error. Can you please provide any solution if I need to replace with a string having more than 255 characters ?
# 10  
Old 09-29-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pradhikshan
Its working. Thanks. But when my replacement string goes beyond 255 characters, its throwing error. Can you please provide any solution if I need to replace with a string having more than 255 characters ?
Hello Pradhikshan,

Could you please try following and let us know if that helps you.
Code:
for i in *.txt; 
do 
   awk '/My line to be replaced/{print "My new line here";next} 1' $i > "temp_$i"
   mv "temp_$i" $i 
done

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 11  
Old 09-29-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pradhikshan
Its working. Thanks. But when my replacement string goes beyond 255 characters, its throwing error. Can you please provide any solution if I need to replace with a string having more than 255 characters ?
What's your OS?
I haven't yet met a sed version that has such limit.
Or do you have a problem that the text contains the divider character / ?
Then take another divider character e.g.
Code:
sed '/string within the line/ s#.*#My new line#'

Ravinder's awk solution does not need any divider. Here is a similar one with perl:
Code:
perl -lpe '$_="My new line" if /string within the line/'

perl can even modify the input file(s):
Code:
perl -i -lpe '$_="My new line" if /string within the line/' *.txt

 
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