Replace in large text file ?
Steve
vvw25w at googlemail.com
Sat Jun 5 22:27:51 EDT 2010
On 5 June, 08:53, Steve <vvw... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I am new to Python and am wanting to replace characters in a very
> large text file.....6 GB
> In plain language what I wish to do is:
>
> Remove all comma's
> Replace all @ with comma's
> Save as a new file.
>
> Any of you clever people know the best way to do this......idiot guide
> please.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
Many thanks for your suggestions.
sed -i 's/Hello/hello/g' file
Run twice on the CL..with the hello's changed for my needs did it in a
few minutes ,
Again thanks
Steve
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