Re: sed command

From: Howard Latham <howard.latham_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 08:03:24 +0100
Message-ID: <713d96d10905150003o570738e7ga45394978ce3ec0_at_mail.gmail.com>



I have often wondered why windows has such a limited set of commands for an Enterprise product.

2009/5/15 Michael Garfield Sørensen <mgs_at_cedet.dk>

>
> http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm = Sed for Windows
>
> Works like a charm:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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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