Comments on: Find & Replace in Files on Linux http://tdistler.com/2009/04/13/find-replace-in-files-on-linux "To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.” Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:44:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rushi http://tdistler.com/2009/04/13/find-replace-in-files-on-linux/comment-page-1#comment-3092 Rushi Wed, 13 May 2009 11:20:56 +0000 http://tdistler.com/?p=200#comment-3092 Steve, exec works well too, but it's slower than using xargs Steve,

exec works well too, but it’s slower than using xargs

]]> By: Steve Mitchell http://tdistler.com/2009/04/13/find-replace-in-files-on-linux/comment-page-1#comment-2142 Steve Mitchell Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:22:18 +0000 http://tdistler.com/?p=200#comment-2142 Back when I actually worked for a living, I was always fond of the "exec" argument to find for this type of work. Will this suffice? find . -name "*.cpp" -exec sed -ie 's/[find]/[replace]/g' {} \; -print Back when I actually worked for a living, I was always fond of the “exec” argument to find for this type of work. Will this suffice?

find . -name “*.cpp” -exec sed -ie ‘s/[find]/[replace]/g’ {} \; -print

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