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# 1  
Old 01-24-2008
find and replace

Hi,

There are some "n" files in a directory which contains comman string.A command to find and replace the string in all the files without looping.

like if i am in a directory :

# find ./ -name ".txt" | xargs sed -e 's/test/tst'
Upto here is performed correctly and i want to redirect this to the same files.( ie ".txt" replcace )

( As sed replaces but does modify the files so need to redirect to the same files )

Thanks
# 2  
Old 01-24-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by rakshit
# find ./ -name ".txt" | xargs sed -e 's/test/tst'
Upto here is performed correctly and i want to redirect this to the same files.( ie ".txt" replcace )

If you have GNU sed

Code:
find ./ -name ".txt"  | xargs sed -i -e 's/test/tst/g'

Or with perl

Code:
find ./ -name ".txt"  | xargs perl -pi -e 's/test/tst/g'

# 3  
Old 01-24-2008
GNU sed has the -i option (inline edit) which you are looking for

otherwise, use perl instead of sed:
Code:
perl -pi -e 's/test/tst/'

# 4  
Old 01-24-2008
re

I am on HP Unix.

sed has no option "-i" for sed.

perl -pi -e 's/test/test'

Substitution replacement not terminated at -e line 1.
Can't open perl script "s/e/t": No such file or directory

I want to redirect to the same files in the directory
# 5  
Old 01-24-2008
needs the / delimiter on the end of the regexp:

perl -pi -e 's/test/test/'
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