Huge file - need to replace string with something unique

neocontrol · 11-29-2007, 03:03 PM

I have a huge file, that contains hundreds of the string _EMAIL_

I need to change that string to be _EMAIL_1 then to _EMAIL_2 then to _EMAIL_3 etc etc etc

I imagine awk would be the best job for this, but I'm not familar enough with it.

Can someone spit out something that increments the replacement word?

I think awk should do this, how would I write it?
awk find the string "_EMAIL_" and then replace with "_EMAIL_"++

Thanks for the help.

neocontrol · 11-29-2007, 03:18 PM

Code:

awk 'Begin {$E="_EMAIL_"}{sub($E, ++$E); print}'

Probably off a bit, as I'm trying to figure out awk in 10 minutes.