Re: sed command

From: Michael Garfield Sørensen <mgs_at_CeDeT.dk>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 08:17:53 +0200
Message-ID: <20090515081753.70eowpmvuo4go8kc_at_webmail.cedet.dk>

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm = Sed for Windows

Works like a charm:

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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>type sample.sql
REM SELECT * FROM DUAL; C:\>which sed
C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin\sed.EXE

C:\>sed "s/REM //" sample.sql
SELECT * FROM DUAL;

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HTH
Michael Garfield Sørensen, CeDeT

Quoting Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>:

> sed is a unix command line tool. You can get various replacements using
> cygwin or others - if sed is a gnu utility there will likely be a windows
> binary for it, or you can reformulate your problem as a business problem
> rather than a technology issue - for example I need to remove all
> occurrences of a string from a file, preferably using the command line. I'd
> just use ctrl-h in write to do string replacement in a text file fwiw.
>
> Niall
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Mohammed Mehraj hussain <
> mhdmehraj_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hi all ,
>>
>> i need to format a file using the sed command on windows .
>>
>> For example iam running this command in my comman prompt of win xp.
>>
>> D:\sample> sed "s/REM //" sample.sql
>>
>> 'sed' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>> operable program or batch file.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> http://www.orawin.info
>

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