Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:30:53 -0500 From: Al Johnson <aj334x5l@tampabay.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One-line global string replace in all files with sed (or awk?) Message-ID: <20050126163053.GA4619@bhunter.net> In-Reply-To: <20050126165505.06d2b3d4.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> References: <1878149195.20050126164325@wanadoo.fr> <20050126165505.06d2b3d4.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
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> A few years ago, I'm sure I came across a one-line way of replacing > every occurence of one string with another in an entire directory of > files (potentially including all subdirectories as well). I think it > used sed or awk. Now I can't find it. The examples on the Web are all > multiline scripts or programs, but I'm sure I saw a way to do it all on > just one line. > > Can anyone tell me how to do this? Try this. Global search and replace, with backup: # find . -type f | xargs sed -i.bak "s/oldtext/newtext/g" -- Kids can get a free PlayStation 2! http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0104/ps2.html
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