On 21 abr, 10:52, Ed Morton <mor...@lsupcaemnt.com> wrote:
> On 4/21/2008 11:34 AM, ric wrote:
>
> > Hi people,
>
> > I want find and replace a exactly word, but i'm getting this:
>
> > #echo "for forward"|sed 's/for/XXX/g'
> > XXX XXXward
> > #
>
> > I need get this:
> > "XXX forward"
>
> > I was searching and reading,but no luck yet,
>
> > Regards,
> > -ric
>
> This will work with some (GNU) versions of sed:
>
> $ echo "for forward"|sed 's/\<for\>/XXX/g'
> XXX forward
>
> Ed.

Thanks for your Ed!
-ric