Shell script to find, search and replace array of strings in a file

Question

This is linked to another question/code-golf i asked on Code golf: "Color highlighting" of repeated text

I\'ve got a file \'sample1.txt\' with the following co

Answer 1

Pure Bash (no externals)

At the Bash command line:

$ sample="LoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LoremIpsumhasbeentheindustry'sstandarddummytexteversincethe1500s,whenanunknownprintertookagalleyoftypeandscrambledittomakeatypespecimenbook."
$ # or: sample=$($entry}; fi; done; echo "Output:"; echo $sample
Output:
LoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LoremIpsumhasbeentheindustry'sstandarddummytexteversincethe1500s,whenanunknownprintertookagalleyoftypeandscrambledittomakeatypespecimenbook.