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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: global search and replace
From:       Billy Holmes <billy () gonoph ! net>
Date:       2004-09-09 15:27:00
Message-ID: 41407644.8010300 () gonoph ! net
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Alexander W. Skwar wrote:

>>>	sed -i 's/oldhostname/newhostname/g' "${FILE}"
>>perl makes this easier..
> In how far?

it takes care of the backup files for you, perl's -i does't create 
backups unless you specify an extension like -i.bak

therefore, no need for a block of shell code to remove the tmp files. 
thus easier in this case means less work.

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