[SOLVED] finding and replacing whole line using sed

dinakumar12 · 03-19-2011, 10:33 AM

Hi all,

assume that i am having the following line in a file called file1.

triumph and disaster must be treated same.

I want to replace this line with.

follow excellence success will chase you.

is it possible to do this using sed. if possible kindly post me the code.

Snark1994 · 03-19-2011, 11:43 AM

Code:

sed 's/^triumph and disaster must be treated same.$/follow excellence success will chase you./' input.txt

dinakumar12 · 03-20-2011, 01:54 AM

Hi,

thanks for your reply but thats not working for me.

the line is not getting replaced.

sandy.bhadoriya · 03-20-2011, 05:15 AM

you can use this think it is in perl and it works.
perl -pi -e 's/text to be replaced/text to be placed' filename

anishkumarv · 03-20-2011, 06:03 AM

Hi dinakumar12,

Try this it works!!!

sed -i "s/triumph and disaster must be treated same./follow excellence success will chase you./" file1

With Regards
Anish Kumar.V

dinakumar12 · 03-20-2011, 10:02 AM

Hi Anish,

Thank you very much for your reply. That works like charm.

dinakumar12 · 03-20-2011, 10:07 AM

Hi snark1994,

Thanks, your code also works, sorry i made some silly mistake while trying.

Once again thanks to snark1994 and Anish.