replace(1)

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),   mysql(1),   mysqlaccess(1),  mysqladmin(1),
       mysqld(1),     mysqld_multi(1),      mysqld_safe(1),      mysqldump(1),
       mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1), mysqlshow(1), mysql_zap(1), perror(1),

       For  more information please refer to the MySQL reference manual, which
       may already be installed locally and which is also available online  at
       http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/

BUGS

       Please refer to http://bugs.mysql.com/ to report bugs.

AUTHOR

       Ver    1.0,    distribution    4.1.10a    Michael    (Monty)   Widenius
       (monty@mysql.com), MySQL  AB  (http://www.mysql.com/).   This  software
       comes   with   no  warranty.   Manual  page  by  L.  (Kill-9)  Pedersen
       (kill-9@kill-9.dk), Mercurmedia Data Model Architect / system developer
       (http://www.mercurmedia.com)

MySQL 4.1                      19 December 2000                     replace(1)