topic Re: sed help... in Operating System - Linux

sed help...

Coolmar — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:54:41 GMT

Can you sed multiple strings in a file?
What I would like to do this the following:

sed s/this/that/g and(&) s/him/her/g file >newfile

Thanks,

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:57:02 GMT

Hi Sally:

# sed -e s/this/that/g -e s/him/her/g file > newfile

Regards!

...JRF...

Coolmar — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:01:22 GMT

Found the answer

sed -e 's/this/that/g' -e 's/him/her/g' file >newfile

Coolmar — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:01:48 GMT

Found the answer

sed -e 's/this/that/g' -e 's/him/her/g' file >newfile

spex — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:25:02 GMT

Sally,

This syntax:

sed 's/this/that/g; s/him/her/g' file > newfile

also works.

PCS