Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:30:34 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Andersson <gaqzi@sanitarium.mine.nu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mass word find/replace Message-ID: <20040107153034.GA98351@Uruk-Hai.Sanitarium.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <003e01c3d531$fec960b0$fa65a8c0@ocfl061> References: <20040106075951.4910.qmail@www-01.iinet.net.au> <44hdz7rdwk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <003e01c3d531$fec960b0$fa65a8c0@ocfl061>
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sed(1) should be able do the trick. sed -e /pn_/s//nuke_/g * The above command should replace all pn_ to nuke_ in all files in the directory you run the command. /Björn > I am trying to find a way to replace one word in a file > with another word, like windows wordpad find/replace. > > I need to change pn_ to nuke_ and have a 188000 lines to do it on. ugh > > thanks > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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