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SED not working with complicated string

I have a file that starts like this: [global] pid = /var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.pid error_log = /var/log/php5-fpm.log and want to replace error_log = /var/log/php5-fpm.log with error_log = /var/log/php-fpm/error.log I want to use a script for that…
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Find and replace text (multichars) in .js files on Linux

I have many .js files named the same (got.js) where i just need to find and replace some text on them. The text to find is: \x72\x6Fx75\x6E And is to be replaced with: \x72\x6F\x75\x6E (just a \ in the middle) I have tried SED with find, exactly…
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find and replace text from urls in csv data feed Debian 7

My server OS is Debian 7. I want to add id say 'xyz' to the below URLs example.com/abc.html?id=White example.com/abc.html?id=Black Then URLs should look like example.com/abc.html?id=White&trackId=xyz example.com/abc.html?id=Black&trackId=xyz In…
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Change URL in Source with reverse proxy?

sometimes we make copies of live sites on another server to test new features. A lot of CMS systems hardcode the URL in the database, so it is not possible to just use another URL. On our local systems, we just use the hosts file to redirect the…
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sed behaviour depending on the file I apply it to

I have one file called test1.xml withe the following content: Hello how are you doing? And am trying to apply the following sed search and replace: sed -i 's/Hello //g' test1.xml And the file remains the same!!! I am copying the content of that…
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Regular Expression in EMEditor

I am trying to make a simple find > replace regular expression. This does work fine in https://regexr.com/ to find this comment below. However the editor I use is EMEditor that i try to make a find and replace trough files and subdirectories.…
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Find and Replace using Regular Expression

I try to find a way to find and replace using EMEditor and a Regular Expression. I try to applu this for the item below:
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sed replace text - escape characters

I have a mysqldump file in which I want to replace the following text
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sed linux replace complex link

I am having this challenge to pass a link from a variable: InstallLocation=/opt/software/software.properties ReplaceeVar=http://localhost:1234/ab/cd/{company}/{employee}/ sed -i "s/Change_This_Url/"${ReplaceeVar}"/g" "$InstallLocation" Built url…
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Mass search / replace string from ssh?

I am in the process of selling a network of 60 sites, they all have adsense with the same publisher id (google_ad_client="pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx") in all the files in the /home/ folder. How can I do a mass search/replace from ssh to change my id to…
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