Targeted string replacements with sed and AWK

Posted by Bob_Mesibov on Apr 10, 2020 12:05 AM EDT
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Global replacement of A with B might be a mistake unless you're 100% sure that you really, truly want to replace every instance of A with B in the data file. It's much safer to do replacements targeted at particular instances of A, and this post reviews a few strategies for using sed and AWK for targeted string replacements.

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