server old-ip-or-hostname-here prefer [burst iburst] #### server new-ip-here prefer burst iburst server another-ip-or-hostname-here [burst iburst] #### nothing (remove the line) #### server 127.127.1.0 #### perl -p -i -e 's/server [\w\.]+ prefer.*/server new-ip-here prefer burst iburst/g' ntp.conf