find and replace string in a directory files

koti_rama · #1 (**permalink**) 05-30-2008

Hi,
I have a directory has DIR1 and the D1 directory has 200+ files.
I want change the string from "Bangalore" to "Bangaluru" in all files in the D1 directory.

Thanks

Yogesh Sawant · #2 (**permalink**) 05-30-2008

using Perl:

Code:

perl -pi -e 's/Bangalore/Bangaluru/g' /path/to/D1/*

penchal_boddu · #3 (**permalink**) 05-30-2008

Hi,

for i in `ls path_of_D1/*`
do
sed 's/Bangalore/Bangaluru/g' $i >> temp
\mv temp $i
\rm temp
done

Thanks
Penchal

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