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How to find and replace files contents that match a pattern?
Suppose we have a folder named Project.
I would like find each file in the folder that contains the pattern &$
at the function call.
For example should replace:
AnyFunction(&$arg);
with
...
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3answers
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Use sed to find whole word and replace
I have the following block of text in a file:
test3.legacy test4.legacy test3 test3.kami
I only want to search for test3 as a whole and replace it with nothing. Unfortunately, all my attempts have ...
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Search and replace full line in recursive files
I'm using:
grep -n -H -o -R -e textword .
List all file recursively under directory '.' with string 'textword' and show the file, line and only portion matching.
I need to remove lines that ...
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How to disable Dejavu sans at global level? And what font could be the substitute?
I'm fed up with one DejaVu Sans rendering bug, which I call "forever bug" (bug that gets it's problem somewhat negated or behavior changed between releases, but never fixed). I have problem with dot ...
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1answer
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Conditional search and replace on a line in vim?
Let' say I want to comment and uncomment a line.
I know I can
:s!^!//!
and then
:s!^//!!
Now what if I want this as an one-liner?
Basically, if a line starts with // then remove it, else add ...
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2answers
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How can I replace text after a specific word using sed?
I have a file named .ignore. In need to replace the projdir. For example:
ignore \..*
ignore README
projdir Snake
I need to replace Snake with, for example, "PacMan". I read the man page, but I ...
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2answers
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Why does this add spaces? echo “x ax” | sed 's/x\s*/x /'
I want to find a x, and replace the 0 or more following spaces (\s*) with just a single space.
echo "x ax" | sed 's/x\s*/x /'
For some reason, instead of replacing the spaces with the single space, ...
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1answer
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How to fix networking driver boot load failure after replacing hardware?
After replacing the motherboard, which is the same as after replacing the network adapter interface hardware (NIC), our Debian 6.0.6 no longer loads the networking driver on boot.
The manual approach ...
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1answer
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Replace AAA for BBB in file
Given I have a file with several words, how can I do the following:
How can I replace AAA for BBB in a file with Unix?
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2answers
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How to convert *text* to {\i text} with sed?
I would like to replace every occurrence of *text* into {\i text}.
text *text* text
*text* text *text*
*text text text* text
should become
text {\i text} text
{\i text} text {\i text}
{\i text ...
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vote
5answers
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Replacing lines in files with file contents
I have several files which contain some PHP includes and I want to substitute them with the file contents. The file looks like
foo
<?php
include("file1.php");
?>
bar
baz
<?php
...
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8answers
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How can I “cat” a file and remove commented lines?
I'd like to know if there is a way that I could cat file like php.ini and remove all lines starting with ;
For example, if the file contained this:
; - Show all errors, except for notices
;
...
2
votes
3answers
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Substitute placeholders in template
Say I have a shell configuration file config like this:
HOST=localhost
PORT=8080
Now I have a template template like this:
The host is <%= @HOST %>
The port is <%= @PORT %>
How do I ...
2
votes
2answers
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Copying hashtag comments recursively within <blocks>
I have two files, one with blocks like
<record>
line1
line2
line3
#model bla bla bla
</record>
while the other file has exactly the same number of blocks, but without the hashtag ...
2
votes
1answer
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Replace semicolons to commas between the quotes only [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Remove comma between the quotes only
I'm trying to use awk function to replace the semicolons between quotes to comma and it is 98% ok for me, because I want to keep the ...
