.TH substitute "" "" "/rdb Command"
.PC "Replace old string with new string"
\fBsubstitute \fIoldstring newstring file ...\fR
.PP
.II "string^replace"
.II "replace string"
The command
.B substitute
replaces
.I oldstring
with
.I newstring
throughout each
.IR file .
Because it uses the COHERENT command
.BR sed ,
be sure to protect with backslash `\e' all
.BR sed 's
special characters:
`*', `^', `$', and `\e'.
.SH Example
Again, consider table
.BR inventory ,
as follows:
.DM
Item    Amount  Cost    Value   Description   
-----   ------  ----    -----   --------------
    1        3    50      150   rubber gloves
    2      100     5      500   test tubes
    3        5    80      400   clamps
    4       23    19      437   plates
    5       99    24     2376   cleaning cloth
    6       89   147    13083   bunsen burners
    7        5   175      875   scales
.DE
.PP
To replace string
.B rubber
with
.B latex
throughout
.BR inventory ,
type:
.DM
	substitute 'rubber' 'latex' file
.DE
.PP
.B inventory
now appears as follows:
.DM
Item    Amount  Cost    Value   Description   
-----   ------  ----    -----   --------------
    1        3    50      150   latex gloves
    2      100     5      500   test tubes
    3        5    80      400   clamps
    4       23    19      437   plates
    5       99    24     2376   cleaning cloth
    6       89   147    13083   bunsen burners
    7        5   175      875   scales
.DE
.SH "See Also"
COHERENT Lexicon:
.B
sed
.R