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# 1  
Old 12-23-2007
Need to search and replace in multiple files in directory hierarchy
Hello all
I need to search and replace in multiple files that are in directory hierarchy
Im using the :
f
PHP Code:
ind . -name "*.dsp" -print | xargs grep -n -o Test.lib" , I like to be able to 
replace every instance of Test.lib
with empty space .
how can I write one liner that does this ?
# 2  
Old 12-23-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by umen
Hello all
I need to search and replace in multiple files that are in directory hierarchy
Im using the :
f
PHP Code:
ind . -name "*.dsp" -print | xargs grep -n -o Test.lib" , I like to be able to 
replace every instance of Test.lib
with empty space .
how can I write one liner that does this ?
Code:
find . -name "*.dsp" | xargs -i sed 's/Test.lib//g' {}

# 3  
Old 12-23-2007
Hi, shamrock.
Quote:
Originally Posted by shamrock
Code:
find . -name "*.dsp" | xargs -i sed 's/Test.lib//g' {}

Did you mean:
Code:
find . -name "*.dsp" | xargs sed -i 's/Test.lib//g'

that is, to supply "-i" to sed as opposed to xargs?

Otherwise, the sed operation will not be written "in place" and the sed output for all files will go to STDOUT ... cheers, drl
Last edited by drl; 12-24-2007 at 07:17 AM..
# 4  
Old 12-24-2007
If I may ask another question in this thread, what is I like to search string inside close archive like tar or jar
How should my find command look like ?
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