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ayyappa
ayyappa

Reputation: 41

How to find and replace a string in multiple files in unix?

I can do the find and replace a string in multiple files with the below command.

find . -name '*.py' | xargs sed -i  's/foo/faa/g'

Can we do the same by using Perl?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 112

Answers (1)

MarcoS
MarcoS

Reputation: 17711

Try this command...:

find . -name '*.py' | xargs perl -p -i -e 's/foo/faa/g'

N.B.: If you want to make a backup copy of your files before changing them, provide -i flag with an extension... I.E.: -i.bak...

Upvotes: 1

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