Shell script to replace all instances of a string in a file on Linux & Windows.
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On Linux via bash script
sed “s/$stringToReplace/$replaceWith/g” $File_Name > $File_Name
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On Windows using Powershell
( get-content $File_Name ) | % { $_ -replace $stringToReplace, $replaceWith } | set-content $File_Name
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On Windows using Batch
set str=teh cat in teh hat
echo.%str%
set str=%str:teh=the%
echo.%str%Script Output:
teh cat in teh hat
the cat in the hat -
On Windows or Linux using Perl
perl -pi.orig -e “s/
/ /g;” -
On Windows or Linux using Python
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