sed command

[unixwhoopie]

I am trying to use sed command to search for a character in a text file and replace all the instances with another character. Can someone give me an example?

Thanks

 

[PHV]

sed 's!x!y!g' /path/to/input >output
You may also consider tr.
man sed
man tr

Hope This Helps, PH.
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