"sed -i" workaround for Solaris
Unlike it's Linux counterparts, the version of sed
running on Solaris is not capable of actually saving the file. So a simple command to find and replace a string like sed -i 's/from/to/g' filename
is impossible under Solaris.
All is not lost as we have a workaround using perl to achieve the same results.
Linux example using sed:
% sed -i 's/pinky/perky/g' puppets.txt
Solaris example using perl:
% perl -pi -e 's/pinky/perky/g' puppets.txt