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I would like to replace a string with a certain condition.
1. remove a string the 5-digit number after "customer pin =" and replace to #####
example: "customer pin = 12345" to "customer pin = #####"
1. remove a string the 5-digit number after "customer pin =" and replace to #####
example: "customer pin = 12345" to "customer pin = #####"
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Thank you.
this code does not work. would you adivse?
this code does not work. would you adivse?
sed 's/customer pin = \d{5}/customer pin = #####/'ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
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sed, to me, doesn't work sensibly.
With sed you'll likely require using POSIX regular expressions.
The following works for me, with recent version of sed...
This is why I normally use PERL instead.
With sed you'll likely require using POSIX regular expressions.
The following works for me, with recent version of sed...
sed -ri 's/customer pin = [[:digit:]]{5}/customer pin = #####/g' foo.txtThis is why I normally use PERL instead.
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