[CentOS] sed a particular line in file
Stephen Harris
lists at spuddy.org
Fri Apr 9 10:43:48 UTC 2010
> 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 change line 2 and onwards
% sed '2,$s/Hello/There/'
Hello line 1
There line 2
There line 3
It's that simple :-)
--
rgds
Stephen
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