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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T01:36:13+00:00 2026-05-26T01:36:13+00:00

I did a word replace with sed via Putty and i see that the

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I did a word replace with “sed” via Putty and i see that the word was replaced but when I open the file in cpanel there is no change to the file.

Here’s the command

sed 's/word1/word2/g' file.php

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    2026-05-26T01:36:14+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 1:36 am
    sed 's/word1/word2/g' file.php
    

    prints out the changed version of the file. If you want to modify the file in-place, use the -i option:

    sed 's/word1/word2/g' -i file.php
    
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