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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Shell Script to replace tokens in multiple files Post 302250501 by jim mcnamara on Thursday 23rd of October 2008 01:30:33 PM
Old 10-23-2008
Yes, we can help you do that, but we need some examples
ie. input and expected output.
control file name control.ctl:
Code:
value=1 value=32
value7=a value7=b

Code:
for file in *.txt
do
      while read old new
      do
          sed "s/$old/$new" "$file" > tmp
          mv tmp "$file"
      done < control.ctl
done

This will not always work, especially when you try to replace what are regex metacharacters.
 

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rpld-*(1)					       System User's Manual: rpld-deprecated						 rpld-*(1)

NAME

       rpld-deprecated - Deprecated RoarAudio PlayList Daemon control programs

SYNOPSIS

       rpld-play

       rpld-stop

       rpld-next [--ifcurple PLE]

       rpld-prev

       rpld-addplaylist PLI

       rpld-delplaylist PLI

       rpld-store

DESCRIPTION

       The  RoarAudio  PlayList  Daemon is a daemon which manages playlists and can play files or streams from those lists using a RoarAudio Sound
       Server.

       This is a set of deprecated tools to do simple control of the server.  All those tools has be replaced by rpld-ctl(1).

       The following tools are deprecated:

       rpld-play
	      Start playback if not yet started.

	      Replaced by: rpld-ctl play

       rpld-stop
	      Stop playback.

	      Replaced by: rpld-ctl stop

       rpld-next [--ifcurple PLE]
	      Skip current song.

	      if --ifcurple and a PLE is given the song is only skiped if the currently played song matches the given PLE.

	      This tool has only been deprecated in case --ifcurple is not used.  Replaced by: rpld-ctl next

       rpld-prev
	      Go back to previous song.

	      Replaced by: rpld-ctl prev

       rpld-addplaylist PLI
	      Add playlist with name PLI.

	      Replaced by: rpld-ctl addplaylist PLI

       rpld-delplaylist PLI
	      Delete playlist PLI.

	      Replaced by: rpld-ctl delplaylist PLI

       rpld-store
	      Store current state to disk.

	      This tool should not be needed to be called by a user at all for normal use cases.

	      Replaced by: rpld-ctl store

SEE ALSO

       rpld-tools(1), rpld(7), RoarAudio(7).

HISTORY

       For history information see RoarAudio(7).

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