Comments on: Linux Command Line “Search and Replace” Text in Files Recursively “Find and Replace” Grep Sed Python Regex Regular Expression http://bookmarks.honewatson.com/2008/12/02/linux-command-line-search-and-replace-text-in-files-recursively-find-and-replace-grep-sed-python-regex-regular-expression/ I bring you the best from the web - random bookmarks. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:38:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Johan Vervloet http://bookmarks.honewatson.com/2008/12/02/linux-command-line-search-and-replace-text-in-files-recursively-find-and-replace-grep-sed-python-regex-regular-expression/#comment-1113 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:15:01 +0000 http://bookmarks.honewatson.com/2008/12/02/linux-command-line-search-and-replace-text-in-files-recursively-find-and-replace-grep-sed-python-regex-regular-expression/#comment-1113 I found this oneliner

find ./ -type f -exec sed -i ‘s/string1/string2/’ {} \;

on http://gabeanderson.com/2008/02/01/unixlinux-find-replace-in-multiple-files/

]]> By: Unix bash snippet: global replace text in multiple files « earth is my favourite planet http://bookmarks.honewatson.com/2008/12/02/linux-command-line-search-and-replace-text-in-files-recursively-find-and-replace-grep-sed-python-regex-regular-expression/#comment-1096 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:50:51 +0000 http://bookmarks.honewatson.com/2008/12/02/linux-command-line-search-and-replace-text-in-files-recursively-find-and-replace-grep-sed-python-regex-regular-expression/#comment-1096 [...] in Uncategorized Unlike this overkill solution in python, bash is the best tool for this sort of task. grep and sed are your friends… [...]

]]> By: Unix bash snippet: global replace text in multiple files « earth is my favourite planet http://bookmarks.honewatson.com/2008/12/02/linux-command-line-search-and-replace-text-in-files-recursively-find-and-replace-grep-sed-python-regex-regular-expression/#comment-1095 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:48:03 +0000 http://bookmarks.honewatson.com/2008/12/02/linux-command-line-search-and-replace-text-in-files-recursively-find-and-replace-grep-sed-python-regex-regular-expression/#comment-1095 [...] in Uncategorized Unlike this overkill solution in python, bash is the best tool for this sort of task. grep and sed are your friends; for file [...]

]]> By: ropata http://bookmarks.honewatson.com/2008/12/02/linux-command-line-search-and-replace-text-in-files-recursively-find-and-replace-grep-sed-python-regex-regular-expression/#comment-1089 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:29:11 +0000 http://bookmarks.honewatson.com/2008/12/02/linux-command-line-search-and-replace-text-in-files-recursively-find-and-replace-grep-sed-python-regex-regular-expression/#comment-1089 hmm, grep and sed still seem easier!

for file in `grep -r -l abc *`
do sed ‘s/abc/xyz/g’ $file > $file.fixed
echo $file.fixed
done

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