[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux script question

[Pervaz Allaudin]

Thanks that's what I wanted.

Any good tutorial sites of the top of your heads

Pervaz

Bug Hunter wrote:

>On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Chris Cox wrote:
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>>Pervaz Allaudin wrote:
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>>>OK I have another linux command question.
>>>
>>>I have multiple files in multiple dirs. under a dir. from which I want 
>>>to replace a word and then written back; Either in the same files or 
>>>another dir. as root.
>>>
>>>I got till
>>>
>>>find src -iname *.ext | xargs sed /oldtext/newtext/
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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>  for a single file:
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>  sed /oldtext/newtext/ filename > filename.newfile
>  rm -f filename
>  mv filename.newfile filename
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>  
>in bash
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>  for i in /dirname/*
>do
> sed /oldtext/newtext/ $i > $i.newfile
> rm -f $i.newfile
> mv $i.newfile $i
>done
>
>  This was given to me by a fellow named Richard a while back. :)
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