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tedsanders on Dec 11, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cars Kill Cities

Pardon me, but what is s/g?

htp on Dec 11, 2013 [–]

"s/every day/frequently/g” is a UNIX-y way of saying “substitute ‘frequently’ in place of ‘every day’ in the entire document”.

(See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed#Substitution .)

tedsanders on Dec 11, 2013 | [–]

Thanks!

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