[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: vi editor command

[Dennis Daupert]

> "m m" <llliiilll at hotmail.com>

> Can some one help me to change a string on all files in the same
directory?
> for example:
> there are 10 files in dircetory A, all file comtain srting/world  'home',
> now I want to change 'home' to 'house' on each file. what is the
> best/quickest way to do it?

Not a vi editor command, but...
If you mean the contents of all files contains the string 'home'
you can use a perl one-liner from the command line

perl -pi -e's#\'home\'#\'house\'#g' *

/dennis

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