sorry guys, I actually didn't intend to bounce that message -- I had the focus on the wrong X window while typing something unrelated, which obviously turned out to be a valid mutt key sequence...
Anyway, thanks for your effort :-) (ok, ok, I'll shut up now...) On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 02:33:34PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > csj schrieb: > > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:56:45AM +0800, I wrote: > > > Is there a tool to do a search-and-replace from the command line? > > > Something along the lines of: > > > > > > replace "string one" "string foo" files-to-process > > > > sed is it! Thanks to John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michal > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, und eechi von akusyumi > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for the replies. Now my problem is how to > > make sed recurse through directories. I managed to chain commands > > together as: > > > > for i in *.txt ; do mv $i $i.tmp ; sed s/foo/boo/g $i.tmp > $i ; done > > > > Can anybody comment on this little script? This appears to work, but > > may be inefficient. And it's one step removed from what I want, > > recursive processing. That is, to have sed process files in > > subdirectories of the current directory. I prefer something that can > > receive its input from find: > > > > find . -name *.txt > > try this: > > find . -name *.txt | xargs perl -pi -e 's/foo/boo/g;' > > joachim > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing gmbh -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
