Need to search and replace in multiple files in directory hierarchy

umen · #1 (**permalink**) 12-23-2007

Hello all
I need to search and replace in multiple files that are in directory hierarchy
Im using the :
f

PHP Code:


			
ind . -name "*.dsp" -print | xargs grep -n -o Test.lib" , I like to be able to

replace every instance of Test.lib
with empty space .
how can I write one liner that does this ?

shamrock · #2 (**permalink**) 12-23-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by umen

Hello all
I need to search and replace in multiple files that are in directory hierarchy
Im using the :
f

PHP Code:


			
ind . -name "*.dsp" -print | xargs grep -n -o Test.lib" , I like to be able to

replace every instance of Test.lib
with empty space .
how can I write one liner that does this ?

Code:

find . -name "*.dsp" | xargs -i sed 's/Test.lib//g' {}

drl · #3 (**permalink**) 12-23-2007

Hi, shamrock.

Quote:

Originally Posted by shamrock

Code:

find . -name "*.dsp" | xargs -i sed 's/Test.lib//g' {}

Did you mean:

Code:

find . -name "*.dsp" | xargs sed -i 's/Test.lib//g'

that is, to supply "-i" to sed as opposed to xargs?

Otherwise, the sed operation will not be written "in place" and the sed output for all files will go to STDOUT ... cheers, drl

umen · #4 (**permalink**) 12-24-2007

If I may ask another question in this thread, what is I like to search string inside close archive like tar or jar
How should my find command look like ?

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