> % cat foo
> Hello line 1
> Hello line 2
> Hello line 3
>
> # To change just line 2
> % sed '2s/Hello/There/'
> Hello line 1
> There line 2
> Hello line 3
>
> # To change line 2 and onwards
> % sed '2,$s/Hello/There/'
> Hello line 1
> There line 2
> There line 3
>
> It's that simple :-)
>
>
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> I thought i could use sed to change a particular line number but i dont see
> that in the man page, i am trying to change a value from line number 6
% cat foo
Hello line 1
Hello line 2
Hello line 3
# To change just line 2
% sed '2s/Hello/There/'
Hello line 1
There line 2
Hello line 3
# To chan
I need to change a value in a file, but this line occurs more than once in
this file therefore as i know the line number this value appears on how can
i change that?
I thought i could use sed to change a particular line number but i dont see
that in the man page, i am trying to change a value from
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