tried that but i get
-bash: replace: command not found
I checked out you link and the peal looked good so i tried that and it works same as sed
The problem i am having it that i dont no the password with out opening the text file
ie.. somewhere in the text file is the line password"foo"
so i need to replace password "*" with password "newpass"
but the wild card does not seem to work it keeps old pass and adds new one as well.
password "foo""newpass"

thanks for any help