Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:56:58 -0800 From: erikmccaskey64 <erikmccaskey64@zoho.com> To: "freebsd" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: script help Message-ID: <12e28896cd5.6574638108640039636.4001582758217268039@zoho.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinJn7=BMwCvRyEUoNQz-fR4%2BacHmiQovfuZ%2B69G@mail.gmail.com> References: <3.0.1.32.20110214163437.019167e0@sage-american.com> <AANLkTinJn7=BMwCvRyEUoNQz-fR4%2BacHmiQovfuZ%2B69G@mail.gmail.com>
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my little opinion: first run the changes on a backup, or a copy of the file=
s:
this one works under linux bash fedora:
how to create a "shadow" of a folder [same filenames in another dir, but wi=
th 0 Byte size]
in the original, "A" directory:
find . -type f > a.txt
"B" directory:
cat ../a.txt | while read file; do if [[ "$file" =3D */* ]]; then mkdir -p =
"${file%/*}"; fi; touch "$file"; done
so if something goes wrong, there would be no trouble
---- Be Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:11:19 -0800 Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gma=
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On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Jack L. Stone <jacks@sage-american.com&=
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> Hello folks:=20
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> No doubt this will be easy for those with scritping abilities.=20
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> I have a gazillion files by the same name and each contains the same l=
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> requiring the same change. But the problem is that they are in many=20
> different directories on a server with numerous domains. While I could=
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> handle the change using a single directory within my abilities, I'm un=
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> how to do a search and replace throughout the many domains and their=
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> directories. Don't want to mess up. Here's what I'm trying to do:=20
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> # find all of the same filenames (copyright.htm) and then replace the =
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> 2010 with 2011 in each file. Once I have a working script, I should be=
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> to add it as a cron job to run on the first day of each new year.=20
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> Any help appreciated.=20
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