Find fixed string and replace in linux

Question

I have a file input.txt the contents of this file are:

111,sumit

222,sumit

333,sumit_gupta

444,sumit_gupta

Now, I am writing a script to find and replace the keywords in input.txt:

#!/bin/bash
sed -i -e 's/sumit/hello,hi/g' input.txt
sed -i -e 's/sumit_gupta/bye/g' input.txt

I wanted to replace sumit with hello,hi and sumit_gupta with bye. But when I am running the script. The output I am getting is:

[sumit.gupta@abc]$ cat input.txt

111,hello,hi

222,hello,hi

333,hello,hi_gupta

444,hello,hi_gupta

whereas, desired output required should be:

111,hello,hi

222,hello,hi

333,bye

444,bye

Kindly let me know how to achieve this?

Jim Garrison · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-28 06:10:38Z

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The first sed changes all instances of sumit. Do the second one first.

answered Jan 28, 2016 at 6:10

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Kalanidhi · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-28 06:11:15Z

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Try this method

#!/bin/bash
sed -i -e 's/\bsumit\b/hello,hi/g' input.txt
sed -i -e 's/\bsumit_gupta\b/bye/g' input.txt

Output:

111,hello,hi
222,hello,hi
333,bye
444,bye

Note:

\b as a word boundary , It will match exact word

answered Jan 28, 2016 at 6:11

Kalanidhi

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