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), mysqlaccess (1), mysqladmin (1),
       mysqlbug (1), mysqld (1), mysqldump  (1),  mysqlshow  (1),
       msql2mysql  (1), perror (1), replace (1), safe_mysqld (1),
       which1 (1), zap (1),


AUTHOR

       Ver 1.0, distribution 3.23.29a  Michael  (Monty)  Widenius
       (monty@tcx.se),  TCX  Datakonsult  AB (http://www.tcx.se).
       This software comes with no warranty.  Manual page  by  L.

       Model Architect / system  developer  (http://www.mercurme­
       dia.com)


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