Top "Substitution" questions

Bash eval replacement $() not always equivalent?

Everybody says eval is evil, and you should use $() as a replacement. But I've run into a situation where the …

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How do I use the C preprocessor to make a substitution with an environment variable

In the code below, I would like the value of THE_VERSION_STRING to be taken from the value of …

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How many substitutions took place in a Perl s///g?

Small example: perl -e '$s="aaabbcc";$c=()=$s=~/a/g;print"$c\n$s\n"' (m//g) outputs 3 …

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BASH script to pass variables without substitution into new script

As part of a system build script I have a script that creates various files and configurations. However one part …

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vim replace character to \n

I need replace all ; to \n , but :%s/;/\n/gc not works

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Best way to substitute variables in plain text using PHP

What's the best way to take some plain text (not PHP code) which contains PHP-style variables, and then substitute in …

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