Unix recursive Find and Replace
find spec ! -regex ".*.svn.*" -type f -exec grep -l "it_should_behave_like" {} \; | xargs sed -i "" "s/it_should_behave_like/#it_should_behave_like/"
Explanation:
- find spec find in ./spec folfer
- ! -regex ".*.svn.*" excluding .svn folders
- -type f only files
- -exec grep -l "it_should_behave_like" {} \; extra line to grep only files which contain "it_should_behave_like"
- | xargs sed -i "" pipe to sed editor without creating any backup file (-i)
- "s/ENTER OLD STRING OR TEXT TO REPLACE/ENTER REPLACEMENT STRING OR TEXT/"
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2 comments:
Hu... that's quite complex.
I use instead:
perl -p -i -e 's/oldstring/newstring/g' `find ./ -name *.html`
Even simpler with zsh:
perl -p -i -e 's/oldstring/newstring/g' **/*
nice information
find some more information about unix find command
http://scripterworld.blogspot.com/2009/07/unix-find-command-with-examples-and.html
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