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Re: [LUG] Find & Replace across multiple files
Jonathan Melhuish wrote:
Anybody got any ideas on how to replace a long text string across multiple
text files, using only a piece of paper, a pen, a piece of string and a linux
box?
If all your files are in one directory, simple:
Using bash:
for file in REGEX; do sed -e 's/FIND_REGEX/REPLACE/g' $file > $file.new;
mv $file.new $file; done
(that's just one line, please excuse any line wrapping)
Replacing REGEX, FIND_REGEX, REPLACE with appropriate values.
Combine sed with find if files are located in multiple directories. I
don't have a script to hand that does this, but writing one shouldnt
take long.
man find
man sed
Hope that helps.
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Tom Salmon
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