[CentOS] replace
Phil Schaffner
Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Fri Oct 24 20:58:42 UTC 2008
Mad Unix wrote:
> i need your feedback about this command, it should find a string in
> multiple html files in a directory and replace it with a different
> string...
>
> find /dir -name "*.html" -exec sed -i 's/"old"/"new"/g' {} \;
Mad Unix,
find /dir -name "*.html" -exec sed -i -e 's/old/new/g' {} \;
or
find /dir -name "*.html" -exec sed -i".bck" -e 's/old/new/g' {} \;
to keep a backup.
Phil
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