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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script to find & replace a multiple lines string across multiple php files and subdirectories Post 302604322 by spfc_dmt on Sunday 4th of March 2012 11:46:22 AM

03-04-2012

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Here it is:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env ksh

cd /home/username/public_html/tests/
find . -name "*.php" | while read file
do
    echo "munging: $file"             # nice to see progress as it works
    mv "$file" "$file-"      # back it up
    awk '     # read the file and delete the block of php code
    /<?php/ { drop = idx = 0; snarf = 1; }  # start of a block; start buffering

    /?>/ {                  # end of a block
        if( ! drop )        # magic string not found -- show this block
        {
            for( i = 0; i < idx; i++ )
                printf( "%s\n", buffer[i] );
            printf( "%s\n", $0 );
        }

        snarf = 0;          # turn off buffering
        next;
    }

    ### change the string between the slants to be something unique to the block you wish to delete. 
    /PHP_STRING/ { drop = 1; }    # magic string found, drop if we're in a php block

    snarf {                 # if buffering, hold the record until end of block reached.
        buffer[idx++] = $0;
        next;
    }

    { print; }              # not buffering, just print the record.
    '  "$file-" >"$file"
    if (( $? > 0 ))            # handle failure by putting the file back in place
    then
        echo "edit of $file failed" >&2
        mv "$file-" "$file"             # restore original
    else
        rm "$file-"               # worked, delete backup 
    fi
done

Shouldnt the first line be:

Code:

#!/bin/ksh

?? Although i tested this and didnt worked aswel...

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Name
       indxbib, lookbib - build inverted index for a bibliography, lookup bibliographic references

Syntax
       indxbib database...
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Description
       The  makes  an inverted index to the named databases (or files) for use by and These files contain bibliographic references (or other kinds
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       A bibliographic reference is a set of lines, constituting fields of bibliographic information.  Each field starts on a line beginning  with
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See Also
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