[olug] Text search and Replace

[Vincent.Raffensberger at dtn.com]

Use find or grep to find the file you want to edit and then use ex to edit 
it.

Here's an example:
This will find regular files in /your/path with a file name matching 
your_file* and then change the "broke_test_line" to 
"#broke_no_more_test_line".

find /your/path -type f -name your_file* -exec ex {} -c 
:%s/^broke_test_line/#broke_test_line/ -c wq \;

Enjoy



Jeff Norton <jnorton at jggt.com> 
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I want to search a directory on my computer and replace certain text
within documents with a new text.

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