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Appending a string containing escape character with sed
Currently I use:
sed -i -e "5a\\
${text}" $filename
to append something to a certain line, where the variable text
contains a string such as "\epsilon".
When using
echo -E $text
the string is ...
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remove only specific text occurrences from string using sed
I have a text file that contains many rows of this sort of thing:
/*[17:51:27][1 ms]*/ UPDATE `country` SET `region_id` = '4' WHERE `country_id` = '36';
Is there a way that I can use sed to remove ...
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Change string occurrences in file while respecting DOS new line sequences
I use Visual Studio for my C# development while using Cygwin for some of the tasks that require scripting. Recently I wanted to change all occurrences of string AAA to BBB in my project's files. I ...
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Replace whole line in a file from command-line
I have a text file which has some contents similar to this:
# General information about the project.
project = u'Py6S'
copyright = u'2012, Robin Wilson'
# The version info for the project you're ...
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1answer
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Replace complex string in several files
A hacker got into a web server and added this string (removed some characters for security purposes and added line breaks for readability) in all index.php files:
<?php
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