MAN page from Trustix mysql-client-3.23.58-3tr.i586.rpm
replace
Section: MySQL database (1)
Updated: 19 December 2000
Index NAME
- replace - A utility program that is used by msql2mysql, but that has more general applicability as well. replace changes strings in place in files or on the standard input. Uses a finite state machine to match longer strings first. Can be used to swap strings.
USAGE
replace [-?svIV] from to from to ... -- [files]
- or
- replace [-?svIV] from to from to ... < fromfile > tofile
SYNOPSIS
replace [
-?|
-I][
-s][
-v]
DESCRIPTION
- replace
- -?|-I
- info
- -s
- silent
- -v
- verbose
EXTRA INFO
Special characters in from string:- \^
- Match start of line.
- \$
- Match end of line.
- \b
- Match space-character, start of line or end of line. For a end \b the next replace starts locking at the end space-character. A \b alone in a string matches only a space-character.
EXAMPLE
this command swaps a and b in the given files:
- shell> replace a b b a -- file1 file2 ...
SEE ALSO
isamchk (1),isamlog (1),mysqlaccess (1),mysqladmin (1),mysqlbug (1),mysqld (1),mysqldump (1),mysqlshow (1),msql2mysql (1),perror (1),replace (1),safe_mysqld (1),which1 (1),zap (1),
AUTHOR
Ver 1.0, distribution 3.23.29aMichael (Monty) Widenius (montyAATTtcx.se),TCX Datakonsult AB (
http://www.tcx.se).This software comes with no warranty.Manual page by L. (Kill-9) Pedersen (kill-9AATTkill-9.dk), Mercurmedia Data Model Architect /system developer (
http://www.mercurmedia.com)
Index
- NAME
- USAGE
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- EXTRA INFO
- EXAMPLE
- SEE ALSO
- AUTHOR
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