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Subject: sed to replace the words
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Hi all

I have question how to replace words using sed

./script 61.100 192.168

The script is 
#!/bin/sh
sed -e 's/$2/$1/g' file > newfile

The problem is 192.168 can't replace 61.100 in the
newfile

Please help

Thank you




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