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Old 12-07-2009
find and replace command
Hi,

i used to do on soalris box but in linux box i am not able to do

advice is appreciated

Code:
uname -a
Linux intranet 2.4.20-pre3 #1 Tue May 6 17:55:35 IST 2008 i686 unknown


[dshah3@intranet include]$ find /usr/local/ -type f | xargs perl -pi -e 's/172.16.1.14/172.16.1.27/g'
Can't remove /usr/local/bin/dbhome: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/bin/oraenv: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/bin/coraenv: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/bin/pcregrep: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/bin/pcretest: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/bin/pcre-config: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/include/cdemo6.h: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/include/cdemo82.h: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/include/cdemobj.h: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/include/cdemocor.h: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/include/cdemodp.h: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/include/cdemodp0.h: Permission denied, skipping file.
Can't remove /usr/local/src/kernel2.4.28/config: Permission denied, skipping file.
xargs: unmatched single quote

Thanks

Prakash
Last edited by pludi; 12-07-2009 at 03:42 PM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 12-07-2009
it found a file with a single quote in the file name.
run the find command without piping it to perl, redirecting the errors to /dev/null
and you might find it.

Code:
find /usr/local/ -type f 2>/dev/null | grep \'

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