Replace one substring for another string in shell script

Question

I have \"I love Suzi and Marry\" and I want to change \"Suzi\" to \"Sara\".

#!/bin/bash
firstString=\"I love Suzi and Marry\"
secondString=\"Sara\"
# do some         


        

Answer 1

This can be done entirely with bash string manipulation:

first="I love Suzy and Mary"
second="Sara"
first=${first/Suzy/$second}

That will replace only the first occurrence; to replace them all, double the first slash:

first="Suzy, Suzy, Suzy"
second="Sara"
first=${first//Suzy/$second}
# first is now "Sara, Sara, Sara"