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From: jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Subject: Re: changing a file
Organization: Unix in NYC
Date: Fri, 31 May 1991 00:56:15 GMT
Message-ID: <1991May31.005615.26362@jpradley.jpr.com>
References: <91141.140213KJB6@psuvm.psu.edu>

In article <91141.140213KJB6@psuvm.psu.edu> KJB6@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>
>As a script, I would like to search a file and replace a string with
>another string. I know this can be done, but I have not figure out how to
>do it yet. Anyone have any suggestions. I think if I use awk or nawk somewhere
>along the line, I can get it done.


The answer I'd provide is not my own, it's straight out of Kernighan & Pike.
Look in their book's index for 'replace'.

(They use sed for this, since awk would work but would be overkill.)

Jean-Pierre Radley   Unix in NYC   jpr@jpr.com   jpradley!jpr   CIS: 72160,1341