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Old 06-30-2008
Question Replace all files with a certain filename with another file
I tried searching for this, but I might have used the wrong terms as I couldn't find answers to this question.

I'm looking for a way to replace all files with a certain filename with another file within a specific directory including all of it's subdirectory using a shell-script.
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Old 06-30-2008
Code:
find /path/to/files -name certainfilename |\
while read filename
do
     cp /path/to/anotherfilename $filename
done

This may change ownership and protections on those files copied in. This could be a bad thing.
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Old 06-30-2008
Question Thank you!
Thank you!

Will this code cause any issues if runned on one account (inside folders where there is only one owner)? In this case it would maybe be a good idea to simply copy the permissions as well?
 
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