Just use vi and use the %s/foo/bar/g then save it unless you don't want to do it interactively, then I'd use a tmp file, just as easy.
Scott On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 10:24, Marco Shaw wrote: > What I want: > Take file.txt and *strip* out "foo" and replace with "bar", *but* I > don't want to redirect to a tmp file or anything: I would like one > command. > > Perl: > 1. perl -pi -e 's/foo/bar/g' file.txt > > SED, for example: > 1. sed 's/foo/bar/g' file.txt > file.txt.tmp > 2. mv file.txt.tmp file.txt > > So perl does what I want to, but I'd prefer to stay with awk, sed, or > whatever GNU utils, if possible. > > Can it be done? > > Marco > > -- Scott Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
