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REPLACE(1)
NAME
  replace - a string-replacement utility

SYNOPSIS
  replace arguments

DESCRIPTION
  The replace utility program changes strings in place in files or on the
  standard input.

  Invoke replace in one of the following ways:

     shell> replace from to [from to] ... -- file [file] ...
     shell> replace from to [from to] ... < file

  from represents a string to look for and to represents its replacement.
  There can be one or more pairs of strings.

  Use the -- option to indicate where the string-replacement list ends and
  the filenames begin. In this case, any file named on the command line is
  modified in place, so you may want to make a copy of the original before
  converting it.  replace prints a message indicating which of the input
  files it actually modifies.

  If the -- option is not given, replace reads the standard input and writes
  to the standard output.

  replace uses a finite state machine to match longer strings first. It can
  be used to swap strings. For example, the following command swaps a and b
  in the given files, file1 and file2:

     shell> replace a b b a -- file1 file2 ...

  The replace program is used by msql2mysql. See msql2mysql(1).

  replace supports the following options:

  ·  -?, -I

     Display a help message and exit.

  ·  -# debug_options

     Write a debugging log. The debug_options string often is
     'd:t:o,file_name'.

  ·  -s

     Silent mode. Print less information what the program does.

  ·  -v

     Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

  ·  -V

     Display version information and exit.

COPYRIGHT
  Copyright 1997-2007 MySQL AB

  This documentation is NOT distributed under a GPL license. Use of this
  documentation is subject to the following terms: You may create a printed
  copy of this documentation solely for your own personal use. Conversion to
  other formats is allowed as long as the actual content is not altered or
  edited in any way. You shall not publish or distribute this documentation
  in any form or on any media, except if you distribute the documentation in
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  download on a Web site with the software) or on a CD-ROM or similar medium,
  provided however that the documentation is disseminated together with the
  software on the same medium. Any other use, such as any dissemination of
  printed copies or use of this documentation, in whole or in part, in
  another publication, requires the prior written consent from an authorized
  representative of MySQL AB. MySQL AB reserves any and all rights to this
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  Please email <docs@mysql.com> for more information.

SEE ALSO
  make_win_bin_dist(1), msql2mysql(1), my_print_defaults(1),
  myisam_ftdump(1), myisamchk(1), myisamlog(1), myisampack(1), mysql(1),
  mysql.server(1), mysql_config(1), mysql_explain_log(1),
  mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1), mysql_install_db(1), mysql_tzinfo_to_sql(1),
  mysql_upgrade(1), mysql_zap(1), mysqlaccess(1), mysqladmin(1),
  mysqlbinlog(1), mysqlcheck(1), mysqld(8), mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1),
  mysqldump(1), mysqlhotcopy(1), mysqlimport(1), mysqlmanager(8),
  mysqlshow(1), ndb_config(1), ndb_cpcd(1), ndb_delete_all(1), ndb_desc(1),
  ndb_drop_index(1), ndb_drop_table(1), ndb_error_reporter(1), ndb_mgm(1),
  ndb_mgmd(1), ndb_print_backup_file(1), ndb_print_schema_file(1),
  ndb_print_sys_file(1), ndb_restore(1), ndb_select_all(1),
  ndb_select_count(1), ndb_show_tables(1), ndb_size.pl(1), ndb_waiter(1),
  ndbd(1), perror(1), safe_mysqld(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://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR
  MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).  This software comes with no warranty.

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