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Subject: Re: Search and Replace?
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In-Reply-To: <199701141956.LAA02307@mail.ptw.com> from Jesse at "Jan 14, 97 07:20:18 am"
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In a previous message, Jesse said:
> Hello, sorry if this is not the correct list to give this to, but I 
> don't know of anywhere else to ask.
> 
>   I have a file that I need to replace a instance of a word with a 
> variable (for instance <IP> with the variable of the current IP 
> address) automatically.
> 
>   I would appreciate any help possible... Thanks!!

Without starting a editor religious war. 

Vi:
:1,$s/oldaddr/newaddr/g

Command line using sed:

sed s/oldaddr/newaddr/g oldfile >newfile

You could also use emacs, perl, awk probably.

Paul.

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