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Old 01-16-2004, 11:05 AM   #1
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scripts to edit config files


Hi All,
Suppose I have a value in a config file that needs to be edited, but I want a shell script to do that for me. Do any of you know of anything like that?

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Old 01-16-2004, 12:34 PM   #2
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Turns out that 'sed' can do this for me.

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