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Subject: Re: Find & Replace string
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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...)