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Bash script: replace . with :

Bash replace substring

echo [string] | sed "s/[original]/[target]/g"

Source: stackoverflow.com

Bash script: replace . with :

#To replace the first occurrence of a pattern with a given string,
#use ${parameter/pattern/string}:

#!/bin/bash
firstString="I love Suzi and Marry"
secondString="Sara"
echo "${firstString/Suzi/$secondString}"    

# prints 'I love Sara and Marry'

#To replace all occurrences, use ${parameter//pattern/string}:

message='The secret code is 12345'
echo "${message//[0-9]/X}"           
# prints 'The secret code is XXXXX'


#(This is documented in the Bash Reference Manual, §3.5.3 "Shell Parameter Expansion".)

Source: stackoverflow.com

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