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On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Stroller |
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<stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On 28 Feb 2010, at 19:06, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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>> On Sunday 28 February 2010, Stroller wrote: |
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>>> ... |
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>>> $ sed 's/Project Gutenberg/Wordsworth Classics/' foo > bar |
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>>> $ mv bar foo |
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>>> $ |
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>> Have a look at sed's "-i" option. |
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>>> Using `grep` I can search *recursively* through directories to find the |
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>>> text I'm looking for. EG: `grep -R Gutenberg ~` |
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>>> I would like to find every instance of $foo in a directory hierarchy and |
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>>> replace it with $bar. |
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>>> ... |
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>> A starting point could be (after you make a backup of the whole tree) |
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>> find /basedir -type f -exec sed -i 's/foo/bar/g' {} + |
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> Many thanks - that looks great! |
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> My only concern is that it is unreliable enough that you state the need to |
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> backup first. ;) |
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Why are you concerned about a backup? It is always good to do backups |
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before changing things. You never know when something might go wrong. |
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;) |
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