> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: 2005/09/06 Tue PM 02:21:22 CDT
> does any one know a quick way to comment out all lines of a configuration
> file other than open the file in vi and insert # at the beginning of each
> line?
Okay, now that I'm done being funny (ha freaking ha, right), you can
use Perl to do it...
perl -p -i.back -e 's/<oldstring>/<newstring>' <filename>
You should be able to replace <oldstring> with \n (or (\r\n, depending on
platform), and replace <newstring> with the same thing plus a #...
HTH,
amonotod
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