Replace in a sentence as a verb

-name '*.py' -print0 | xargs -0 sed -ri 's,var,let,g' replace 'var' 'let' .

-type f -name '*.js' -print0 | xargs -0 sed -ri 's,var,let,g' replace 'var' 'let' .

**** yes, they wrote the replacement for the XYZ system from scratch!

They're trying to replace a smart server with one that's dumb as a doorstop.

Then someone comes along, takes all your food, and replaces it with Twinkies.

"I will design a new editing program," he said, "a program that will replace all these others.

Google Reader is irreplaceable, it is not only about reading RSS.

Depending on where a product is on its growth curve, it might even cost Google more to fix the problem than to replace the users.

On some, it can take full control of the main computer, through shared memory, and can thus override or replace whatever free software you have installed.

Right now, when one pissed off developer leaves or goes bankrupt because their app was yanked from the store or wasn't approved for some BS reason, 50 developers replace him.

"The goal of the Dash effort is ultimately to replace JavaScript as the lingua franca of web development"and"What will Google developers be using?

An interesting feature that you couldn't replace is automatic translation: reading a russian blog asmit was written in english.

I've cobbled together my own rc daemon scripts from time to time; I'm not sure how that will work with systemd. I'm also seeing lots of ugly and persistent problems in NetworkMangler and whatever they're using for core audio these days; I'm a little gobsmacked that, rather than fixing those problems, some people decided to replace the init system.

They work 100+ hour weeks, they don't have families, or commitments and are willing to do it all for mere peanuts and empty promises of golden rainbows!Sadly - a few years of this turns them into realistic employees - and you need a whole new batch to replace them.

Replace definitions

verb

substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"

verb

take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

See also: supplant supersede supercede

verb

put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

verb

put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

See also: substitute interchange exchange