Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!maklinm
From: maklinm@cognos.UUCP (Maxwell Maklin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Best way to change a field ina file
Message-ID: <9735@cognos.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 91 16:21:47 GMT
Reply-To: maklinm@cognos.UUCP (Maxwell Maklin)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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Sorry, just a novice.  I was wondering what is the preferred way
to edit a field within a file.  I suppose sed(1V) is the preferred
choice, but I want to take a file as stdin, change a field and have
the changed file be place on stdout.  For example, how would one
change "gcos-field" in the /etc/passwd file?

Thanks,

Max