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# 1  
Old 02-28-2001
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Hi

How can I looking for a pattern found in more than one file and replace it with anther pattern

this what I was used:

find . -name "account.adrs" -depth -follow -exec grep -l "Email = ;" {} \;

this print the files name -which is account.adrs- and its path -which is deferent for each file- which contains the pattern "Email = ;"

I need to replace this pattern by:
"Email = \"\" ;"

please help
# 2  
Old 02-28-2001
There are a few ways to do this. One example:

#!/bin/ksh

FILES=`find . -name account.adrs -depth -follow -exec grep -l "Email = ;" {} \;`

for file in $FILES; do
perl -p i.bak -e 's/Email = ;/Email = \"\" ;/' $file
done



# 3  
Old 03-01-2001
Quote:
perl -p i.bak -e 's/Email = ;/Email = \"\" ;/' $file
This generates an error for me "Can't open Perl script i.bak".

Does it mean we need a perl script named "i.bak" to do this task. I am not good at perl from command line.


here is another script. little modification from PxT's Script

#!/bin/sh

FILES=`find . -name "account.adrs" -depth -follow -exec grep -l "Email = ;" {} \;`

for file in $FILES; do
sed -e 's/Email = ;/Email = \"\" ;/' $file > temp
mv -f temp $file
done



# 4  
Old 03-01-2001
The i.bak is a directive to create backups of the original file with an extension of '.bak'. This helps insure that if you make mistake in your PERL filter, you have a backup of the original (always a good idea !). I did not check the exact syntax in the example code provided.
# 5  
Old 03-03-2001
Thank you for info Neo.

error I made was, I put space between -p and i.bak.

it should be -pi.bak(without space) or -p -i.bak

 
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