sed replace 2nd instance

katrvu · February 12, 2008, 11:49am

Hello,

I want to replace 2nd instance of "foo" in a file use sed.

Any suggestions?

denn · February 12, 2008, 12:57pm

sed 's/foo/FOBAR/2'

katrvu · February 12, 2008, 1:17pm

I believe that only replace 2nd instance in a line, but what if I want to replace 2nd instance in a file?

thank you for the suggestion