Oh, you're on Windows, it may not work because of the shell ("cmd").In Windows the single quotes around the code usually need to be double quotes, and it doesn't seem to be expanding *.cpp when on Unix (types) it will expand that to all of the individual file names. I guess you need to write a script then like you were originally planning to do. ...Or if you want to be bold, install Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/) which includes tons of Unix utilities that will run on Win95/98/ME/NT/2K. Among the utilities is "bash", and command shell which you can use instead of "cmd" on NT/2K and "command" on Win95/98/ME. After using bash for a while you will wonder why you ever wanted to use "cmd" to begin with (I know I do). Rob -----Original Message----- From: Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:46 AM To: Brett W. McCoy; Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: change all files in directory When I try to run the one-liners I get: Can't open *.cpp: Invalid argument. Can't open *.hpp: Invalid argument. But when I do a dir command I get: target_functions.cpp target_modules.cpp global_constants.hpp global_header.hpp class_functions.cpp S2b_4.opt Clearly these files are there . . . or am I just doing something silly . . . tim -----Original Message----- From: Brett W. McCoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 9:47 AM To: Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: change all files in directory On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC wrote: > Hello, I am trying to change all files in a directory that contain the > strings Satellite satellite and SATELLITE that I need to change to target, > Target and TARGET. Because many of these are C++ source files I need to > preserve the case. I was thinking of the following script: > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > #UNTESTED > > @FilesInDirectory = <*.cpp *.hpp *.asc>; > foreach $FileName (@FilesInDirectory) { > open(IN, $FileName); > while<IN> { > $_ =~ s/satellite/target/; > $_ =~ s/Satellite/Target/; > $_ =~ s/SATELLITE/TARGET/;} > } > > but this just doesn't seem as efficient as it can be. I was trying to think > of regex that could do it all in one line but it seemed so much simpler to > do it in three. This can actually be done on the command-line: perl -pi.bak -e 's/satellite/target/g' *.cpp *.hpp. *.asc There's nothing wrong with doing it in three steps. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Trust me": Translation of the Latin "caveat emptor." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
