Replace instances of a string using a wildcard

[eholdo]

Hi Everyone,

I need to replace a string using a wildcard. In other words, a nawk or sed routine to do this:

string to replace "This is a test"

But may occur as "This is not a test"

I want to use something like a wildcard, such as:
"This is * test"

To find and replace both instances in a file.
Any thoughts?

 

[gregor weertman]

sed s/"This is.* a test"/bla/

result: bla

Regards Gregor Gregor.Weertman@mailcity.com