Replacing string in multiple files

2003-07-10 Thread Jack L. Stone
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

Re: Replacing string in multiple files

2003-07-10 Thread Dan Nelson
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

Re: Replacing string in multiple files

2003-07-10 Thread Jack L. Stone
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