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Date:      Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:53:18 -0800
From:      "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm@inbox.lv>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Find & Replace string
Message-ID:  <200412090953.18537.ringworm@inbox.lv>
In-Reply-To: <019101c4de0e$dbdeb2d0$0200000a@SAGEAME>
References:  <019101c4de0e$dbdeb2d0$0200000a@SAGEAME>

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On Thursday 09 December 2004 08:48 am, antenneX wrote:
> Help on commands/script needed.
>
> In a website of 1.GB+ with several hundred thousand files, I need to
> interrogate all files to replace a single string like "oldone.010"
> with "newone.011"
>
> What's the best way to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jack L. Stone
>
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try:

 sed -i '' s/oldone.010/newone.011/g filename*

-Mike

(I got this from the dru hints on my login screen...)



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