distro: suse 9.0
kernel: 2.4.22

1. How do I implement a "find and replace" BASH shell script?

example....
#locate the file xfiles then find the word randomx inside xfiles.
locate xfiles | grep "randomx"

#replace randomx with this word.
???

#then delete the "Smoking Man" word/sentence.
??


2. Newbie Java programmer. Bear with me.

Can I use QT or Glade or Kdeveloper or any other RAD Visual application to write Java code? I want to draw objects like buttons then just add the java code associated with that object, instead of doing everything from scratch.

thanks
randomX

the answer to the first question is :
read the man page of sed to get more information... this would help you more... i don't have more information of it right now...

here's an example of how I replace text in files located in one directory.

ls | while read fname; do
cat $fname | sed 's/randomx/newx/' > $fname.tmp
mv $fname.tmp $fname
done

#replace the word "cancerman" for the word "mulder" in the file xfiles.

replace cancerman mulder -- xfiles

Cool. Got it. I found sed a little more complicated in syntax terms. That's my opinion anyway so don't take it too serious.

2. So...Is there any RAD visual application for Java? can I use QT or Kdeveloper?

thanks.
randomX

I haven't programed in Java in a while, but Borland has a RAD for Java (Called JBuilder). Im not sure if NetBeans has it... but it might. Check into those two.

I am also not sure which API they use either. Im sure you can choose between the two, but I dont know (I only use Swing anyway).

Hope this helps!