How would you replace the n character in a file with some xyz?

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How would you replace the n character in a file with some xyz?..

Answer / ram

* sed 's/n/xyz/g' filename > new_filename
s -search and replace
n -character to be replaced
xyz - character to replace
g -global

* vi filename
:%s/n/xyz/g --search and replace
:w! ---save

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How would you replace the n character in a file with some xyz?..

Answer / vipul dalwala

sed -i 's/n/xyz/g' filename

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How would you replace the n character in a file with some xyz?..

Answer / viswa

In Vi editor,:%s/n/xyz/g

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How would you replace the n character in a file with some xyz?..

Answer / sasmita

:1,$ s/n/xyz/g

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How would you replace the n character in a file with some xyz?..

Answer / seshadri sethi

sed ’s/n/xyz/g’ filename > new_filename

We can replace n characters by using the following command:
1,$s/./xyz/g
where 1 shows that the search string will start searching
patterns from first line of the file.
‘.’ for any character.
g for global replacemet.

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How would you replace the n character in a file with some xyz?..

Answer / suresh raju

sed 's/.\{1,75\}/xyz/g' filename

here n=75. so 75 characters will be replaced with xyz

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How would you replace the n character in a file with some xyz?..

Answer / tony

cat filename | sed 's/n/xyz/g' > newfile

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