[ale] Search and destroy simplified

[elanda at comstar.net (Ed Landa)]

> 	I know there has got to be a more elegant way to replace all
> instances of one string with another (rather than using vim) from the
> command line. Can anyone make any suggestions? 

Use sed:

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[elanda at beavis e]$ cat e1
This is a test file.  I like test files.  They help me
to test programs.  Testing is cool.

[elanda at beavis e]$ sed -e "s/test/yowza/g" e1
This is a yowza file.  I like yowza files.  They help me
to yowza programs.  Testing is cool.

[elanda at beavis e]$

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