Re: [SLUG] search and replace

["Peter Samuel" <Peter.Samuel@nospam.ind.tansu.com.au>]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Dean Hamstead wrote:

> 
> Is there a command in vi or somesuch standard cli editor to search and
> replace

In vi (or vim)

    :g/\.org/s//.com/g

In perl

    perl -i -p -e 's#.org#.com#g' filename

> 
> in my case change all ".org" entries to ".com" in the dns files
> im sure awk or seomthing can do it also....

DO NOT FORGET TO UPDATE THE DNS SERIAL NUMBER!

Regards
Peter
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