Scripting..(?) Batch find/replacer

dleifelohcs · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 160 Location: UNH

I have, say, 500 files that all have this one line in them.

This line needs to be replaced with a different line. What can I do to find/make a sort of batch, multi-file replacer? (Each file is different, but they all have this one line in them, only once)

I know this isn't Gentoo specific, but I didn't know where else to look!

Thanks

tomk · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:15 pm Post subject:

Use rename:

ecatmur · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:17 am Post subject:

Use sed -i or perl -p -i -e.

charlieg · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:23 am Post subject:

neilhwatson · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 719 Location: Canada

tomk · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:48 pm Post subject: