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Find and replace a string in multiple files
Post 302143942 by pharos467 on Monday 5th of November 2007 01:02:58 PM
11-05-2007
Find and replace a string in multiple files
I used the following script
cd pathname
for y in `ls *`;
do sed "s/ABCD/DCBA/g" $y > temp; mv temp $y;
done
and it worked fine for finding and replacing strings with names etc. in all files of the given path.
I'm trying to replace a string which consists of path (location of file)
say instead of ABCD i have to replace c:/mydocuments/pictures to
d:/mypics/personal , as metacharacters wont be searched in unix this script is failing to replace the string which has a path in it.
now my script is
cd pathname
for y in `ls *`;
do sed "s/'c:/mydocuments/pictures'/'d:/mypics/personal'/g" $y > temp; mv temp $y;
done
i tired giving the path in single quotes and double quotes, but i see error
sed: command garbled: s/'c:/mydocuments/pictures'/'d:/mypics/personal'/g
And all the contents of the files in the path are erased.
Is there any other way to work this out.
Thanks
cd pathname
for y in `ls *`;
do sed "s/ABCD/DCBA/g" $y > temp; mv temp $y;
done
and it worked fine for finding and replacing strings with names etc. in all files of the given path.
I'm trying to replace a string which consists of path (location of file)
say instead of ABCD i have to replace c:/mydocuments/pictures to
d:/mypics/personal , as metacharacters wont be searched in unix this script is failing to replace the string which has a path in it.
now my script is
cd pathname
for y in `ls *`;
do sed "s/'c:/mydocuments/pictures'/'d:/mypics/personal'/g" $y > temp; mv temp $y;
done
i tired giving the path in single quotes and double quotes, but i see error
sed: command garbled: s/'c:/mydocuments/pictures'/'d:/mypics/personal'/g
And all the contents of the files in the path are erased.
Is there any other way to work this out.
Thanks
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path2listing
PATH2LISTING(1) General Commands Manual PATH2LISTING(1) NAME
path2listing - script facilitating the conversion to managing gconf configuration sources with desktop-profiles SYNOPSIS
path2listing [options] DESCRIPTION
This script takes a single gconf path file (the systemwide one, i.e. /etc/gconf/2/path, when not told otherwise) and reads through it in order to create an ordered list of known configuration sources (it will recurse into included path files when necessary). Using that ordered list it will then create a desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing file containing metadata for all known configuration sources, assigning a precedence value to each encountered configuration source so that: a) the order of sources is the same b) there is space between the precedence values of the various sources to allow for inclusion of additional profiles in the future. c) all mandatory sources have a positive precedence value, and all non-mandatory sources have a negative precedence value In addition to generating the desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing file, this script will also replace the converted path file by one that assumes that desktop-profiles manages all configuration sources (NOTE: a backup copy of all changed files is made, so you can always go back to the previous situation). OPTIONS
-d,--distance distance between the precedence values of each successive pair of configuration sources (defaults to 50), the idea being that you leave some space to insert future sources. -f, --file path file to convert (defaults to /etc/gconf/2/path) -h, --help display the help message -o, --output-file file to put the generated metadata in (defaults to /etc/desktop-profiles/desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing). If this file exists a backup copy will be made prior to overwriting it. --no-replace-file don't replace the path file we're converted with one assuming desktop-profiles manages activation FILES
/etc/gconf/2/path - systemwide gconf path file, default path file to convert /etc/desktop-profiles/desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing - default name for the file containing the generated metadata AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Bart Cornelis <cobaco@skolelinux.no>. SEE ALSO
desktop-profiles(7) desktop-profiles May 07, 2005 PATH2LISTING(1)