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'''replace''' is a [[:Category:Linux Command Line Tools|Linux utility programme]] that changes strings in place in files or on the standard input. It uses a finite state machine to match longer strings first. It can be used to swap strings.

== Simple example ==
Suppose you have a bunch of HTML files that have the path string <tt>/home/foo</tt> and you would like to replace it with <tt>/home/bar</tt>. You would use the <tt>replace</tt> utility from the command line as follows:

<pre>replace /home/foo /home/bar -- *.html</pre>

== "replace" man page ==

<pre>
NAME
replace - a string-replacement utility

SYNOPSIS
replace arguments

DESCRIPTION
The replace utility program changes strings in place in files or on the standard input. It uses a finite state machine to match
longer strings first. It can be used to swap strings. For example, the following command swaps a and b in the given files, file1
and file2:

shell> replace a b b a -- file1 file2 ...

Use the -- option to indicate where the string-replacement list ends and the filenames begin.

Any file named on the command line is modified in place, so you may want to make a copy of the original before converting it.

If no files are named on the command line, replace reads the standard input and writes to the standard output. In this case, no
-- option is needed.

The replace program is used by msql2mysql. See msql2mysql(1).

replace supports the following options:

· -?, -I

Display a help message and exit.

· -# debug_options

Write a debugging log. The debug_options string often is ´d:t:o,file_name'.

· -s

Silent mode. Print out less information what the program does.

· -v

Verbose mode. Print out more information what the program does.

· -V

Display version information and exit.
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 '''replace''' is a [[:Category:Linux Command Line Tools|Linux utility programme]] that changes strings in place in files or on the standard input. It uses a finite state machine to match longer strings first. It can be used to swap strings.
-== Simple example ==
+==Simple example==
-Suppose you have a bunch of HTML files that have the path string <tt>/home/foo</tt> and you would like to replace it with <tt>/home/bar</tt>. You would use the <tt>replace</tt> utility from the command line as follows:
+Suppose you have a bunch of HTML files that have the path string <code>/home/foo</code> and you would like to replace it with <code>/home/bar</code>. You would use the <tt>replace</tt> utility from the command line as follows:
-<pre>replace /home/foo /home/bar -- *.html</pre>
+ replace /home/foo /home/bar -- *.html
-== "replace" man page ==
+==Usage==
-<pre>
+ replace from to [from to] ... -- file [file] ...
-NAME
+ replace from to [from to] ... < file
-       replace - a string-replacement utility
-SYNOPSIS
+===Description===
-       replace arguments
+The replace utility program changes strings in place in files or on the standard input. It uses a finite state machine to match longer strings first. It can be used to swap strings. For example, the following command swaps a and b in the given files, file1 and file2:
-DESCRIPTION
+ replace a b b a -- file1 file2 ...
-       The replace utility program changes strings in place in files or on the standard input. It uses a finite state machine to match
-       longer strings first. It can be used to swap strings. For example, the following command swaps a and b in the given files, file1
-       and file2:
-       shell> replace a b b a -- file1 file2 ...
+Use the <code>--</code> option to indicate where the string-replacement list ends and the filenames begin.
-       Use the -- option to indicate where the string-replacement list ends and the filenames begin.
+Any file named on the command line is modified in place, so you may want to make a copy of the original before converting it.
-       Any file named on the command line is modified in place, so you may want to make a copy of the original before converting it.
+If no files are named on the command line, replace reads the standard input and writes to the standard output. In this case, no <code>--</code> option is needed.
-       If no files are named on the command line, replace reads the standard input and writes to the standard output. In this case, no
+The replace program is used by <tt>msql2mysql</tt>.
-       -- option is needed.
-       The replace program is used by msql2mysql. See msql2mysql(1).
+===Options===
-       replace supports the following options:
+;<code>-?, -I</code> : Display a help message and exit.
-       ·  -?, -I
+==External links==
+*[http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replace-utility.html replace — A String-Replacement Utility]
-          Display a help message and exit.
-−
-       ·  -# debug_options
-−
-          Write a debugging log. The debug_options string often is ´d:t:o,file_name'.
-−
-       ·  -s
-−
-          Silent mode. Print out less information what the program does.
-−
-       ·  -v
-−
-          Verbose mode. Print out more information what the program does.
-−
-       ·  -V
-−
-          Display version information and exit.
-</pre>
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Christoph at 05:59, 8 February 2007

Christoph: Move old article to here.