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Replace string in a file


def stringReplace(searchString, replaceString, fileName)
  aFile = File.open(fileName, "r")
  aString = aFile.read
  aFile.close

  aString.gsub!(searchString, replaceString)

  File.open(fileName, "w") { |file| file << aString }
end

stringReplace(*ARGV)

 














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