Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:56:02 +0100 From: F.Xavier Noria <fxn@isoco.com> To: Eric Boucher <eric_boucher60@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Bourne shell programming problem no.2 Message-ID: <20020221185602.029912d6.fxn@isoco.com> In-Reply-To: <20020221174633.43542.qmail@web9404.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020221174633.43542.qmail@web9404.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 09:46:33 -0800 (PST)
Eric Boucher <eric_boucher60@yahoo.com> wrote:
: I have another problem while programming with the
: bourne shell. I want to be able to write in a file at
: a certain place. For example, if a file contain:
:
: AAA BBB CCC DDD.
: EEE FFF GGG HHH.
: III JJJ KKK LLL.
:
: I want to change the word "GGG" by "TTT". But "GGG"
: can be anyware in the file (which I have permission to
: write by the way).How do I do such a trick with the
: bourne shell?
If "GGG" has no newlines this could serve:
perl -pi -e 's/\QGGG\E/TTT/g' <filename>
-- fxn
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