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Old 01-18-2008
how do i finish this last one..
i tried to build a command to replaces the word "include" with
"exclude"

in each *.h type of file in a certain directory
and to display the lines in which the switch happened.

i did a command and i dont know why its not working

find /usr -name "*.h" -exec sed 's/include/exclude/g' {} \; |grep exclude
# 2  
Old 01-18-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by newby2
i tried to build a command to replaces the word "include" with
"exclude"

in each *.h type of file in a certain directory
and to display the lines in which the switch happened.

i did a command and i dont know why its not working

find /usr -name "*.h" -exec sed 's/include/exclude/g' {} \; |grep exclude
run this command inside your directory where all .h files are kept
Code:
perl -pi -e 's/include/exclude/g' *.h

# 3  
Old 01-18-2008
I was taught to use single quotes in the find command for wildcards.

find /usr -name '*.h' -exec sed 's/include/exclude/g' {} \; 2>/dev/null | grep exclude

maybe it was an HP thing. Your coding works on AIX.

and remember, the find command will go through all subdirectories. I had send errors to /dev/null.
 
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