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Old 08-04-2015, 05:40 AM   #1
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change date content

I have a file , the content as below.

#vi file
Code:
xxx Warning yyy zzz 111
xxx yyy Warning zzz 111
xxx yyy zzz Warning 111
what I would like to do is to change the words after the word Warning to "Please ignore" , so that the output becomes as below , would advise how to write the script ? thanks

Code:
xxx Warning Please ignore
xxx yyy Warning Please ignore
xxx yyy zzz Warning Please ignore
 
Old 08-04-2015, 06:05 AM   #2
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Hi!

This sed seems to do the trick:
Code:
echo "xxx Warning yyy zzz 111
xxx yyy Warning zzz 111
xxx yyy zzz Warning 111" | sed 's/\(.*Warning\).*/\1 Please ignore/g'
xxx Warning Please ignore
xxx yyy Warning Please ignore
xxx yyy zzz Warning Please ignore
Best regards,
HMW
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Old 08-04-2015, 08:49 AM   #3
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I am curious what this had to do with 'change date content' as this was the subject?
 
Old 08-04-2015, 11:01 AM   #4
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I am curious what this had to do with 'change date content' as this was the subject?
I took it for a typo. Probably should be "change data content". If not, then I am at a loss as well.
 
Old 08-04-2015, 10:34 PM   #5
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I took it for a typo. Probably should be "change data content". If not, then I am at a loss as well.
thanks reply , it works,

one more question , if I have 10 files need to be update , would advise how can I bulk update these files and directly update it rather than output to screen ?

Thanks
 
Old 08-05-2015, 02:26 AM   #6
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one more question , if I have 10 files need to be update , would advise how can I bulk update these files and directly update it rather than output to screen ?

Thanks
Check out sed -i
Code:
-i[SUFFIX], --in-place[=SUFFIX]
    edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied). The default operation mode is to break symbolic and hard links. This can be changed with --follow-symlinks and --copy.
...to change the files 'in place'.

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