Replace a string with other one

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I want to replace a string "#security" with "security\n\tauthorization : enabled" in a file file.txt. Here \n represents a new line and \t for tab. How can I do this using sed command.

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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it seems like homework — Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy, Jul 01 '16 at 05:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 01 '16 at 05:35

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sed 's/#security/security\n\tauthorization : enabled/' file

If you want to edit your file "in place" use sed's option -i.

See: man sed

answered Jul 01 '16 at 05:35

Cyrus

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Replace a string with other one

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