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Ryan Tuosto
Ryan Tuosto

Reputation: 1951

Find and replace text on multiple files

I am trying to replace a specific link which exists on many html pages with its https version. I have tried:

grep -rl "http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/88956865/" ./ | xargs sed -i "s/http:\/\/server.iad.liveperson.net\/hc\/88956865\//https:\/\/server.iad.liveperson.net\/hc\/88956865\//g"

When I do this, even as sudo, I am getting

sed: couldn't open temporary file ./customers/sedTR3AMu: Permission denied

customers is just the first directory in ./. So, it is hanging on the first file I reckon, but not sure what is wrong beyond that.

Any help is appreciated!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 222

Answers (2)

Ryan Tuosto
Ryan Tuosto

Reputation: 1951

Had to run the command logged in as root because sed -i creates temporary files in /tmp and needed write access.

Thanks:Used jim's syntax with the semicolons which worked fine. ooga, I did not have to escape the literal periods.

Upvotes: 1

jimm-cl
jimm-cl

Reputation: 5422

First thing you should try is to run the sed command as stand alone, for a file that you previously know that contains that string. I have the feeling that the sed command might be complaining about the / characters...

You should try changing the sed command to something like:

sed -i 's;http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/88956865/;https://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/88956865/;g'

That is, using ; instead of / as the delimiter, so you don't have to escape the / every time using \.

Upvotes: 2

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