Comments on: Search and Replace Recursively using sed and grep http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep Nirav Mehta on life, technology and future Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:18:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hugo Magalhães http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/comment-page-1#comment-133347 Hugo Magalhães Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:11:58 +0000 http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/#comment-133347 You can avoid the creation of a temporary file using -i option for sed: 1 #!/bin/sh 2 grep -rl $2 $1 | 3 while read filename 4 do 5 ( 6 echo $filename 7 sed -i "s/$2/$3/g;" $filename 8 ) 9 done Regards, You can avoid the creation of a temporary file using -i option for sed:

1 #!/bin/sh
2 grep -rl $2 $1 |
3 while read filename
4 do
5 (
6 echo $filename
7 sed -i “s/$2/$3/g;” $filename
8 )
9 done

Regards,

]]> By: Antonio http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/comment-page-1#comment-133260 Antonio Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:44:09 +0000 http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/#comment-133260 A small improvement: Change mv $filename.xx $filename by cp $filename.xx $filename rm $filename.xx and original file permissions will be preserved A small improvement:
Change

mv $filename.xx $filename

by

cp $filename.xx $filename
rm $filename.xx

and original file permissions will be preserved

]]> By: Delete recursively lines from files that match a given string @ Timur Asaliev http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/comment-page-1#comment-133251 Delete recursively lines from files that match a given string @ Timur Asaliev Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:22:23 +0000 http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/#comment-133251 [...] used: www.mehtanirav.com www.cs.mcgill.ca Projects, [...] [...] used: http://www.mehtanirav.com http://www.cs.mcgill.ca Projects, [...]

]]> By: Trestini http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/comment-page-1#comment-132806 Trestini Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:01:55 +0000 http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/#comment-132806 sed -i 's/oldText/newText/g' `grep -ril 'oldText' *` works fine for me sed -i ’s/oldText/newText/g’ `grep -ril ‘oldText’ *` works fine for me

]]> By: Rookie http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/comment-page-1#comment-132569 Rookie Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:02:45 +0000 http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/#comment-132569 For whole words, update line 7: sed "s/\b$2\b/$3/g;" $filename> $filename.xx For whole words, update line 7:
sed “s/\b$2\b/$3/g;” $filename> $filename.xx

]]> By: ezequiel http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/comment-page-1#comment-132558 ezequiel Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:52:04 +0000 http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/#comment-132558 I haven't ever seen a better file than this. It solved me days of work, you are gorgeous. I NEVER write comments to posts because I don't have time, but this time I have 4 working-days of free credit that you have just saved me with this file. Thanks. ezequiel. I haven’t ever seen a better file than this. It solved me days of work, you are gorgeous.

I NEVER write comments to posts because I don’t have time, but this time I have 4 working-days of free credit that you have just saved me with this file.

Thanks. ezequiel.

]]> By: Leonardo http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/comment-page-1#comment-132340 Leonardo Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:00:26 +0000 http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/#comment-132340 for i in `find` ; do sed "s/pattern/replacement/g" "$i" >> "$i.xx"; mv "$i.xx" "$i"; done I don't know if this work in mac. for i in `find` ; do sed “s/pattern/replacement/g” “$i” >> “$i.xx”; mv “$i.xx” “$i”; done

I don’t know if this work in mac.

]]> By: Nirav http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/comment-page-1#comment-115712 Nirav Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:50:54 +0000 http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/#comment-115712 BTW, Manish has a way to <a href="http://mannu.livejournal.com/406783.html" rel="nofollow">do this using Perl - http://mannu.livejournal.com/406783.html</a>. BTW, Manish has a way to do this using Perl – http://mannu.livejournal.com/406783.html.

]]> By: Nirav http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/comment-page-1#comment-115711 Nirav Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:50:04 +0000 http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/#comment-115711 The exec part here: wouldn't it fork a new process for every file? Is that a good practice? I thought otherwise! The exec part here: wouldn’t it fork a new process for every file? Is that a good practice? I thought otherwise!

]]> By: t3rmin4t0r http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/comment-page-1#comment-114378 t3rmin4t0r Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:04:27 +0000 http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/12/29/search-and-replace-recursively-using-sed-and-grep/#comment-114378 find containingFolder/ -type f -exec sed -i~ "s/oldText/newText/g" {} \; find containingFolder/ -type f -exec sed -i~ “s/oldText/newText/g” {} \;

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