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Hi all, I have a set of lines as ahown below: Leon went to school Leon came back from school.. Leon had dinner... I have to replace the line containing ...
  1. 10-16-2010 #1
    sunshinemvh
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    [SOLVED] Using sed Replace line containing particular string by a single string

    Hi all,
    I have a set of lines as ahown below:



    Leon went to school
    Leon came back from school..
    Leon had dinner...



    I have to replace the line containing "dinner" by a single string LUNCH...
    can anyone hint me how to do using sed command....
  2. 10-19-2010 #2
    djeyewater
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    Replace line using sed

    Code:
    echo "Leon went to school
Leon came back from school..
Leon had dinner..." | sed '/dinner/ c\LUNCH'
  3. 10-19-2010 #3
    sunshinemvh
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    great..... it worked.... thank u
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