01-24-2008
find and replace
Hi,
There are some "n" files in a directory which contains comman string.A command to find and replace the string in all the files without looping.
like if i am in a directory :
# find ./ -name ".txt" | xargs sed -e 's/test/tst'
Upto here is performed correctly and i want to redirect this to the same files.( ie ".txt" replcace )
( As sed replaces but does modify the files so need to redirect to the same files )
Thanks
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