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Old 06-24-2008
Replace string in all files in a folder and subfolders.

i need to change string in all files in current folder and all subfolders. i wrote the following script. It works good except it dont delete temp file from subfolders.

for z in `find . -type f -name "*.html" -o -name "*.htm"`; do
sed -e 's@abc@xyz@g' $z>temp;
mv temp $z;
done

any idea? or any other better solution?
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Old 06-24-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by danmero
Code:
for z in `find . -type f -name "*.html" -o -name "*.htm"`; do
sed -e 's@abc@xyz@g' $z>temp;
mv temp $z && rm temp;
done

Thanks it worked


need some more guidence

i also need to make changes according to file types like this

Code:
for z in `find . -type f -name "*.PHP"`; do
sed -e 's@123@456@g' $z>temp;
mv temp $z && rm temp;
done

for z in `find . -type f -name "*.html" -o -name "*.htm"`; do
sed -e 's@abc@xyz@g' $z>temp;
mv temp $z && rm temp;
done

any other better way to do this instead of using 2 loops?
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