yes files and directories too .. pons
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: >>>>-type f ?? >> the string could be a name of file name or subdirectory name >> > I hate webmail. After I hit <send> and while it was thinking about going, > I realized another question: are you trying to rename files? > > mark >> Thanks >> pons >> >> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> I would like to use a bash script that searches files and >>>> subdirectories name in a directory /var/ww/html/web >>>> for a specific string, and when it finds the search string, replaces >>>> the string (old1) with new string (new1), and so on >>>> old2 with new2 ....oldn with newn. >>>> >>>> replace_string.sh >>>> #!/bin/bash >>>> for db in $(find /var/www/html/web -name * -exec) >>>> do >>>>  sed -e "s/old1/new1/" \ >>>>  sed  -e "s/old2/new2/" \ >>>> ... >>>>  sed -e "s/oldn/newn/" $db >>>> done >>> >>> Close. I think >>> find /var/www/html/web -type f -exec sed -i -e >>> "s/old1/new1/;s/old2/new2/;..." {} \; >>> would do it. The -i is to make the change inplace, editing the existing >>> file. >>> >>>     mark >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
