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I'm using rpl program in linux to replace date( with pdate( in some files.
But it says A Total of 0 matches replaced in 1 file searched.
while grep output for date( is: 

ariyan@ariyan-laptop:/var/www/moodle21$ grep -wR 'date(' admin/uploaduser.php
$today = make_timestamp(date('Y', $today), date('m', $today), date('d', $today), 0, 0, 0);

I'm using rpl as this:

rpl -wR 'date(' 'pdate(' admin/uploaduser.php

What is the problem?

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Cross post: askubuntu.com/questions/73322/… – enzotib Oct 28 '11 at 20:06
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I flagged as crossposting, already answered elsewhere (SU). – user unknown Oct 29 '11 at 1:27

closed as too localized by Michael Mrozek♦ Oct 29 '11 at 4:13

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The -w flag makes it require word boundaries, and "between ( and '" may not be a word boundary. Try sed 's/\bdate(/pdate(/g' instead.

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