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Search and replace a string in a file as a python one-liner
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replace.py
"""
Search and replace a string in a file as a python one-liner
@author Thomas Stachl
@created Mar 12, 2011
@license Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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"""
def replaceInFile(file, pattern, subst):
open(file, "r+").write(open(file, "r").read().replace(pattern, subst))
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