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Someone tell me if there is an easier way, but this worked for me:

cat my-file | sed "s/red/blue/g" > my-file

This line replaced red with blue every time it appeared in the file.

I am using GNU sed version 4.1.4 here.  Your mileage may vary.

Lorenzo
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"We decided that we should evaluate the Microsoft offerings first. Once we
realised what a powerful set of tools they were, it became self-evident this was
the right way to go down."

Microsoft: the right way to go down
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