On Tuesday 04 July 2006 08:59, dick hoogendijk wrote: > I want to change a string in a number of html files (recursive) > > In a linux group I got this line: > > #find /dir/to/htmlfile -name *.html -exec perl -p -i -e > "s/nagual.st/nagual.nl/g;" {} \; > > This gives me an error "unknown option" and does not work. > > Doing a: perl -p -i -e "s/nagual.st/nagual.nl/g;" * does make the changes > alright, but going to all html directories this way is a pain in...;-) > > What am I doing wrong in the first (linux) line? > Any help appreciated.
You could try puting single quotes (') round the *.html . Just a guess. -- /Xian "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"