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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there,
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have hundreds of files in which I need to change email address. Here is what I am trying to do:
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a list of files all over a file system e.g.
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
When I use special characters the command to replace multiple files with a string pattern does nt work.
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This works
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello.
I have five config files in /etc that I want to edit in one click for testing.
I would like to make a script like this :
#!/bin/bash
#
a_file="/etc/file_1"
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a folder which contains multiple config.xml files and one input file, Please see the below format.
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Code:
<application name="SAMPLE-ARCHIVE">
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all
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RPL(1) BSD General Commands Manual RPL(1)
NAME
rpl -- replace strings in files
SYNOPSIS
rpl [-LhiwbqvsRepfdt] [-xSUFFIX] <old_string> <new_string> <target_file ...>
DESCRIPTION
Basic usage is to specify two strings and one or more filenames or directories on the command line. The first string is the string to
replace, and the second string is the replacement string.
-h, --help
A short help text.
-L, --license
Show the license and exit.
-xSUFFIX
Search only files ending with SUFFIX, e.g. ``.txt''. May be specified multiple times.
-i, --ignore-case
Ignore the case of old_string.
-w, --whole-words
Make old_string match only on word boundaries.
-b, --backup
Move the original files to filename~ before replacing them.
-q, --quiet
Quiet mode.
-v, --verbose
Verbose mode.
-s, --dry-run
Simulation mode, no files are changed.
-R, --recursive
Recurse into subdirectories.
-e, --escape
Expand escape sequences in old_string and new_string. Examples of escape sequences are '
' (new-line), ' ' (tab), 'x42' (hexadec-
imal number 42), ' 33' (octal number 033).
-p, --prompt
Prompt for confirmation before replacing each file.
-f, --force
Ignore errors when trying to restore permissions and file ownership.
-d, --keep-times
Keep modification times when replacing files.
-t, --use-tmpdir
Use a temporary directory for storing temporary files, usually the value of the environment variable TMPDIR. The default is to put
temporary files in the same directory as the file being modified.
-a, --all
Do not ignore files and directories starting with .
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
An effort has been made to make the program behave as much as the original rpl as necessary. Where it has been possible to make improve-
ments, improvements have been made. This implementation lacks many of the bugs in the original.
EXAMPLES
Replace all occurences of ``F'' (on word boundaries) with ``A'' in all text files under the grades/ directory:
$ rpl -Rwd -x'.txt' 'F' 'A' grades/
SEE ALSO
find(1), sed(1).
HISTORY
This program was written for Debian as a free replacement for the non-free rpl program by Joe Laffey.
AUTHORS
Goran Weinholt <weinholt@debian.org>.
Debian July 31, 2005 Debian
