sed: replace only the second match word

to change only the second match word ( to replace Allow,Deny with Deny,Allow )

sed solution:

Sample tmp_file:

Allow,Deny
Allow,Deny
Allow,Deny
Allow,Deny

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sed ':a;N;$!ba; s/Allow,Deny/Deny,Allow/2' tmp_file

The output:

Allow,Deny
Deny,Allow
Allow,Deny
Allow,Deny

 

 

using awk:

awk '/Allow/{c++; if (c==2) { sub("Allow","Deny")}}1'

 match Allow then keep a counter c. If this matches the 2 second occurrence then we substitute it.