-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Someone tell me if there is an easier way, but this worked for me: cat my-file | sed "s/red/blue/g" > my-file This line replaced red with blue every time it appeared in the file. I am using GNU sed version 4.1.4 here. Your mileage may vary. Lorenzo - -- "We decided that we should evaluate the Microsoft offerings first. Once we realised what a powerful set of tools they were, it became self-evident this was the right way to go down." Microsoft: the right way to go down -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCdpKPG9IpekrhBfIRAg8oAJ0WeiXYLHbneHy2fzhSDq79r/23YACglvjU j3rSTXu9XzKF+eUximAMCB0= =sm17 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----