Re: Replacing string in multiple files
At 01:26 PM 7.10.2003 -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
>In the last episode (Jul 10), Jack L. Stone said:
>> Am running FBSD.4.8-R
>>
>> At times, I need to replace an existing string in a file that has the same
>> name in all ~user accounts and know there must be a short script to do that
>> and suspect it involves sed(1). However, had no luck getting it to work
>> yet. Basically want to do this:
>>
>> - find same files in all ~users by same name "~users/myfile"
>> - replace this ${string} with this ${string} in the above files
>> - report list of above files modified successfully
>
>If all your users share a common hierarchy:
>
>sed -i.bak -e s/oldstring/newstring/ /home/*/myfile
>
>You'll need to be running FreeBSD 4.7 or newer for sed -i to work. Not
>sure how to get a list of changed files, though. Maybe just do a grep
>beforehand?
>
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> Dan Nelson
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Thanks, Dan knew it would be simple. Can probably grep and/or diff for
the changes
Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
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Re: Replacing string in multiple files
In the last episode (Jul 10), Jack L. Stone said:
> Am running FBSD.4.8-R
>
> At times, I need to replace an existing string in a file that has the same
> name in all ~user accounts and know there must be a short script to do that
> and suspect it involves sed(1). However, had no luck getting it to work
> yet. Basically want to do this:
>
> - find same files in all ~users by same name "~users/myfile"
> - replace this ${string} with this ${string} in the above files
> - report list of above files modified successfully
If all your users share a common hierarchy:
sed -i.bak -e s/oldstring/newstring/ /home/*/myfile
You'll need to be running FreeBSD 4.7 or newer for sed -i to work. Not
sure how to get a list of changed files, though. Maybe just do a grep
beforehand?
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Replacing string in multiple files
Am running FBSD.4.8-R
At times, I need to replace an existing string in a file that has the same
name in all ~user accounts and know there must be a short script to do that
and suspect it involves sed(1). However, had no luck getting it to work
yet. Basically want to do this:
- find same files in all ~users by same name "~users/myfile"
- replace this ${string} with this ${string} in the above files
- report list of above files modified successfully
That's it. Script help appreciated (csh shells)
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator
SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
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