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+.TH replace 1 "19 December 2000" "MySQL @MYSQL_BASE_VERSION@" "MySQL database"
+.SH NAME
+.TP
+replace - A utility program that is used by msql2mysql, but that has more general applicability as well. replace changes strings in place in files or on the standard input. Uses a finite state machine to match longer strings first. Can be used to swap strings.
+.SH USAGE
+replace [-?svIV] from to from to ... -- [files]
+.TP
+or
+.TP
+replace [-?svIV] from to from to ... < fromfile > tofile
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B replace
+.RB [ -? | -I ]
+.RB [ -s ]
+.RB [ -v ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.TP
+.BR replace
+.TP
+.BR -? | -I
+info
+.TP
+.BR -s
+silent
+.TP
+.BR -v
+verbose
+.SH EXTRA INFO
+.B Special characters in from string:
+.TP
+\\^
+Match start of line.
+.TP
+\\$
+Match end of line.
+.TP
+\\b
+Match space-character, start of line or end of line. For a end \\b the next replace starts locking at the end space-character. A \\b alone in a string matches only a space-character.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+this command swaps a and b in the given files:
+.TP
+shell> replace a b b a -- file1 file2 ...
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+isamchk(1),
+isamlog(1),
+mysql(1),
+mysqlaccess(1),
+mysqladmin(1),
+mysqld(1),
+mysqld_multi(1),
+mysqld_safe(1),
+mysqldump(1),
+mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1),
+mysqlshow(1),
+mysql_zap(1),
+perror(1),
+.P
+For more information please refer to the MySQL reference
+manual, which may already be installed locally and which
+is also available online at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/
+.SH BUGS
+Please refer to http://bugs.mysql.com/ to report bugs.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Ver 1.0, distribution @MYSQL_NO_DASH_VERSION@
+Michael (Monty) Widenius (monty@mysql.com),
+MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).
+This software comes with no warranty.
+Manual page by L. (Kill-9) Pedersen
+(kill-9@kill-9.dk), Mercurmedia Data Model Architect /
+system developer (http://www.mercurmedia.com)
+.\" end of man page
+
+