sed  's/oldstring/newstring/' oldfile >newfile

If the newfile does not exist before, the shell will of course create a
bytestream file.  If you want it to have the same characteristics as the
oldfile, the easiest thing to do is:
callci copy oldfile, newfile
before the sed
You can
mv newfile oldfile
after the sed to have it replace the old file.

If the file is numbered this will have a bad effect (unless the length of
oldstring and newstring are the same).


----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Osborne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: String Replacement


> Hello All,
>
> Does anyone know a quick way, with shell script to replace a given string
> with another string in an ASCI or Bytestream file?
>
> Thanks,
> -Pete
>
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