Questions tagged [replace]
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Is it possible to replace duplicates of a character with one character using tr
I'm trying to take all occurrences of # and if they are consecutive replace them with just one #.
e.g.
ab ### cde fghi## jklm
would become:
ab # cde, fghi# jklm
My initial goal was to replace ...
1
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How to replace patterns in files contained in a list of files?
I have a text file fileslist containing a list of names of files, or rather relative paths to those files and their names from a certain parent directory. There is only one file per line in fileslist. ...
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awk query for sequential replace a pattern
I found the below awk command to sequentially replace a particular line in a file, but i would like to know how this works.
Input:-
DS: 1
DS: 1
DS: 1
DS: 1
DS: 1
DS: 1
DS: 1
output:-
DS: 1
DS: 2
...
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Bash replace string at multiple places in a file from command line
I have a file with the below content. I want to replace chrome with chromeBackup but not in all places.
Name=chrome
XXXXXXXXXXX
Run=bin -app "chrome/chrome.sh"
XXXXXXXXXXX
Vol.apps/chrome=chrome
...
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sed: strip enclosing square brackets
I have this file:
[default]
region = us-east-1
output = json
[profile automation]
region = us-east-1
output = json
[profile qa]
region = us-east-1
output = json
I need to extract only the profile ...
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btrfs replace on RAID1 is super slow with failed disk present
I'm trying to replace a failed disk in a RAID1 btrfs filesystem.
I can still mount the partition rw (after about 5 minute delay and lots of I/O kernel errors).
I started replace with -r in an ...
0
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korn shell Unable to substitute ' ' (2 quotes) with ' (single quote) in a string variable
I am trying to substitute ''2019-01-14'' to '2019-01-14' in a varible $STG.
I tried various techniques
echo ${STG//''/'}
echo $STG | sed -e s/'\'\''/'\''/g
many more none of the equations are ...
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sed find and replace html tag
I need find and replace in a md file (plain text)
<span class="symbol"></span>
with this:
[]{custom-style="symbol"}
I tried many times, f.e.
sed -i -e 's/\(&...
3
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4answers
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Replace a string in a file preceeded by another string
I have a bunch of config files looking as follows:
reader_0 = newcamd({
name = "Oct 1",
host = "hostname 1",
port = 27020,
user = "UNAME",
pass = "password1",
key = "0102030405060708091011121314",
})...
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How to prevent from destroying symlinks, using Perl when to replace with sed regex?
Based on How do I prevent sed -i from destroying symlinks?, but I use Perl.
I tried by middle of all these questions:
Is there a way to make perl -i not clobber symlinks?
perl symlink on gz file
How ...
0
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How to replace double new line with single using tr?
Given a text,
$ cat a.txt
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam at magna sed libero accumsan ultrices. Proin varius tortor risus, at pulvinar quam auctor
vitae.
Etiam iaculis ...
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how to find & replace a file path listed in a file
I have a file content as shown below. If a line has ".idt" word, then I need to check if there is a file path preceding it (eg: /bin/dir/test/abcdef.idt). If yes, then remove the file path and keep ...
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How to replace value in each field until a certain character in each record?
Each record coming with column names. I have to replace them in each record as shown below:
TIME=20181219110000275|CHAN=FMBKHJBAAAADPCFNAAAAAABA|EVNT=SWIgrld|API=SWIrecGrammarActivate|TYPE=uri/2.0|...
0
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Multiline string replace inside markup tag
I am trying to modify an httpd.conf file, allowing override in the /var/www/html directory. For simplicity's sake, let's say it looks like this:
<Directory "/var/www/html">
# Comment
...
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Two replacements in one go [duplicate]
How do I go about replacing one character for another and then another character for another in one line and printing the result?
As an example, consider the following code:
string="1 33 4 a"
echo ${...
0
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Search and replace specific tag value in XML file with sed command
I have a task where by I have to manipulate an XML file through a bash shell script.
Here are the steps:
Query XML file for a value.
Replace the value of a different element with the new value.
...
3
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1answer
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Bash string range and replace
To print part of the string, replace , with . I use command:
echo "${q:16:6}" | sed 's/,/./'
Is it possible to use something like:
echo "${q:16:6/,/.}"
because it does not work?
0
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How to replace a number by its corresponding string (low/high) in bash?
I have a file:
property(Address1, 4.5)
property(Address2, 2.2)
property(Address3, 9.0)
property(Address4, 3.4)
---
I want to replace the floating points based on some conditions (For example: if the ...
0
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1answer
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find and replace a substring and change to uppercase
I think it's best done with an example
Contents of my file
name="apple" parameter1="value1" parameter2="value2";
name="orange" parameter1="value1" parameter2="value2";
name="tea" parameter1="value1" ...
0
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2answers
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Replace different strings based on a match by a list of strings in another file
I have a file like this with tab delimiter:
Chr1 mak gene 120221 120946 . + . ID=spa-h0003.02;Name=spa-h0003.02
Chr1 mak mRNA 120221 120946 . + . ...
0
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Using sed to replace periods with single spaces to periods with double spaces [duplicate]
What command would you give to print (display on the screen) the corrected text of userNotes.txt with all sentence endings having required two blanks before the start of the next sentence?
This is ...
0
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How do I use different replacement texts for a pattern found multiple times [duplicate]
sample log file:
apple AAA rose
banana AAA tulip
orange AAA marigold
replacement-text file:
111
222
333
Expected output:
apple 111 rose
banana 222 tulip
orange 333 marigold
0
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sed with variables containing /
i have a text file containing some content like that,
some content
replace content
other content
and i have some variables, looking like this:
PATH="/path/to/scriptdir"
PARAMETERS="para1 ...
2
votes
3answers
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Conditionally replace lines of file1 with the corresponding lines of file2
For example, I have two files:
file1:
1
4
X
5
X
7
file2:
2
3
5
X
X
1
I want to replace X-lines of file1 with whatever is in file2 on the corresponding line:
result:
1
4
5
5
X
7
I prefer the ...
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votes
2answers
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Replace iteratively with things contained in array
foo bar, foo bar, foo bar
foo bar
Given this beautiful poem, how could all the bar be replaced by superman, but each time with a different ending, contained in an array (is super, is blazing fast, is ...
2
votes
3answers
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Replacing two patterns in a text files at the same time [duplicate]
I have a text file contain numbers as follows:
34 77 1716 150?.2 67.5892 11.9691 23 1?6 83
35 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 80 0 0 ? ? 0 0 0
38 81 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0
39 82 0 0 0 0 ? 0 ?
40 85 ...
0
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Replace text with another
I would like to replace a string with another string. For example:
I would like to change the following text:
"listen_addresses = ['127.0.0.1:53', '[::1]:53']"
to the following text
"...
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votes
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Replace string in one file with contents of another file when match column
I have two files like:
file 1 :
a stringori to replace, this stringori comme again
other stringori2 to replace, stringori2 commes again
...
file 2:
stringori newstring
stringori2 newstring2
...
...
2
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How can I operate on \1 in sed (or $1 in awk)?
I have file with several lines. Each with a timestamp followed by text:
1534888050 some text
1534888051 some more text
1534888052 text
... and want to convert the timestamp to a readable format, ...
0
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Recursively find and replace contents of one file using a key from another file
I need to use one file as an input to find and replace in another file. The following command does so, but only for the first column for each line. I need this to happen for every column.
awk -F',' '...
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1answer
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preg_replace for replacing comment text in a file
In a file, I want to replace
COMMENT AS `<some_comment>`
with
COMMENT '<some_comment>'
That is, replace COMMENT AS with just COMMENT, and replace the backticks around the following ...
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Rename multiple files with 2 conditions/replacements in one line?
I'm trying to rename a few images:
IMG_1.JPG
IMG_2.JPG
IMG_3.JPG
I want to replace IMG with img and .JPG with .jpg - I know how to do the second part:
$ rename 's/\.JPG$/\.jpg/' *.JPG
My problem ...
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Bash replace string with command
I have a command (logcat) which outputs a long log like this:
07-27 09:26:22.416 17574 17886 D SurfaceControl: Excessive delay in setPowerMode()
07-27 09:26:22.421 17574 17599 I PowerManagerService: ...
0
votes
1answer
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regex to replace a word in a block in a file?
If I have:
<Directory />
words
allow
bus
</Directory>
Is there a regex that can replace allow with something else and keep the other words and the block intact?
So it should look ...
2
votes
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How can I replace the space character in SVN dump branches name?
I'd like to replace the space () character(s) in the name of the branches with an underscore (_). For example, say I have a sedtest file containing:
Node-path: trunk/
Node-path: trunk/src/lib 0
Node-...
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Removing part of all file name in a folder?
My camera stores photos in the following format:
DSC_0001 (2015_07_30 10_34_56 UTC).NEF
With the number after DSC_ iterating, and the brackets specifying the time and date, however all the time and ...
1
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4answers
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Replace text with values
I have two files that need to be merged into one.
File 1 example:
gene_1 578
gene_2 565
gene_3 3
gene_4 77
gene_5 8
gene_6 0
gene_7 45
gene_8 67
gene_9 0
gene_10 65
File2 example:
COG0430 ...
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How to Replace a string by another in a text file
I would like to replace a given string in a text file into by another, but with one extra detail.
Example:
If the file content's is :
Library Hello1
===============
any text here
version: 0.1
------...
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Can I use sed/awk/etc to replace parts of a file with text from stdin?
I have a configuration script which does basically this:
#!/bin/bash
source vars.sh
cat >foo.output <<EOF
# some static stuff (many lines...)
variable_bit=($SOME_VAR, $SOME_OTHER_VAR, ...)
...
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replacing a part of row name by sample name
I have multiple samples named p1_500sc.fasta, p2_500sc.fasta...
Each file loks like this:
>NODE_60_length_504_cov_1.580902
TATATCGCCGTAGATAGACGAATACGGGATTTTGAAATGACTGATATATTCAAGCACATC
...
3
votes
1answer
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Joining all matches of a group in VIM
I'm trying to write a replacement command that would search for a text containing at least 4 letters separated by spaces and remove the spaces:
%s/\v%(([a-zA-Z])\s){3,}([a-zA-Z])/\1\2/gc
But
L i g ...
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Replace a binary block within a large file
I have a partition image that contains a 1MB file populated with random data, and I would like to replace the contents of that file with another 1MB file populated with different random data.
I have ...
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How to replace a serial of matrixes in a specific file, and output the these files named by different names (with the parameters) in Linux?
This is a complex question, I want to write a workflow or pipeline to draw parameters from priors parameters (M,B,D), then use these three parameters to generate 30 matrixes (20*20). I have written ...
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text file search yyyy/mm/dd and replace with yyyy-mm-dd
I have a file with many tags in the form of yyyy/mm/dd as in the line below and want to replace the / with - to give yyyy-mm-dd at all instances in the one file.
e.g.
from this: <tag k='start_date'...
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vote
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sed command to replace a word from one file with entire line of another file [closed]
I want to use the sed command (or something that works) to replace a word in a template file with a word in a line of another file.
As an example I have a file with a list of words, each word is in ...
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Why sed s acting differently on RedHat vs Mobaxterm using regexp?
I have a .txt file which includes "junk" characters, emojis.
Example:
12/11/2015, 12:07 - 5465464: Super Wakkka👏🏻
12/11/2015, 12:30 - 89415: qwertz svima, nadam se 😊
12/11/2015, 12:34 - 55698742: ...
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1answer
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Replace literal space with regex space
I want to change a string from
This is a string
to
This\sis\sa\sstring
but tr is not working for me no matter if I escape the \ or not
string="This is a string"
regex=$(echo "$string" | tr " " "\\...
0
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3answers
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Fast string replace in recursive directories
How can I do a fast text replace with recursive directories and filenames with spaces and single quotes? Preferably using standard UNIX tools, or alternatively a well-known package.
Using find is ...
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Find and Replace Duplicates
I have a file with concatenated emails in it that looks like the following:
id emails
1 jeff@email.com
2 larry@email.com
3 jprice@email.com,jeff@email.com,jeff@stacko.com
Each row only has ...
0
votes
1answer
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Replacing different files from different folders
He everybody,
I couldn't find an answer to my question, so here goes:
I want to make a "job" that replaces / distributes 10000+ PDF-files from 1 directory to a unique folder where "the same" PDF (...
