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1 replace 2.24
2 by Richard K. Lloyd
3 <replace@richardlloyd.org.uk>
4 http://replace.richardlloyd.org.uk/
5 Dedicated to everyone who hates sed
6
7 You know, I looked around the Net back in 1994 and I was really surprised
8 that I couldn't find a sensible "replace" command (not true any more - the
9 "rpl" command has come on the scene to rival this program, but I hope you'll
10 use this one instead !).
11
12 This was probably because most UNIX hackers say "we've got sed, what do we need
13 a replace command for ?". Well, my reply is that the sed syntax is disgraceful
14 and totally user-hostile. It's also quite likely to come up with
15 "sed: command garbled" and fail to send ANYTHING to stdout, meaning you
16 end up wrecking your file if you try to call sed via a small shell script
17 interface.
18
19 So I cooked up this "replace" command - it's been pretty straightforward to
20 write, although if you check out the FEATURES file, you'll see it now has many
21 additional features that sed doesn't.
22
23 NOTE: I cannot be sure that "replace" is totally bug-free. I accept no
24 responsibility for the possible irreversible overwriting of files
25 (especially with "replace -f") - I would recommend you try it on
26 a copy of a few of your important files before you dare to use
27 "replace -f".
28
29 Anyway, I'll leave you to read the man page and enjoy.
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31 Please see HPUX.Install for the full installation instructions.