Re: Mass Replace

Faisal wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there any program can replace particular value from files. Like I
> only define the path of folder and it can read each file inside the
> folder and replace it with value I define.
>
> Like I need to change company name from over 200 files htmls with new
> name how can I do that.
>
> Regards,
>
> Faisal Ashraf
> Manager Network Operations
> Silk Internet Services
>
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#!/bin/sh

USAGE_="usage: $0 target_directory string_to_replace new_string"

if test $# -eq 3
then

	if cd $1 
	then

		for file in *
		do
			eval perl \-pi \-e \'s/$2/$3/g\' \$file
		done

	else
		echo "Did NOT change to $1 1>&2"
		exit 1
	fi

else
	echo $USAGE_ 1>&2
	exit 1
fi