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How to use SED command to select from nth position?

ethanthomas
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I have a SED command in props.conf as below 

SEDCMD-replace-name = s/ethan/thomas/g  

This will replace all ethan with thomas for sure and worked . But the question is if i want to keep the first one as not replaced and replace all second one till end , what should write the command . 

I tried the below ,

1) SEDCMD-replace-name = s/ethan/thomas/2g 

   Result - No replace is happening on anything 

2) SEDCMD-replace-name = s/ethan/thomas/2

  Result - replace is happening only on 2nd 'ethan' as 'thomas' . 

 

Is there a way i can specify the range of numbers here such as 2 to 10 , or 2 to end like that ? please help. 

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richgalloway
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The Search Reference manual is pretty clear that SEDCMD can take either a 'g' or a number.  The former will replace all matches whereas the latter replaces the specified single match.  There is no option to replace some of the matches, but you can do to https://ideas.splunk.com to make a case for it.

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