Chad Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : Was just wondering if there is a package out that does multiple file : search and replaces? I have to go through my main html directory and make : a lot of repetive changes. Was wondering if there was a package or a perl : script laying arround to do this. Would same me the time of writing one : up.
I think you should be able to do that with sed : sed s/X/Y filename replaces all Xs with Ys in the file 'filename'. I dunno if it takes * as an argument, but if it doesn't you should still be able to do it using xargs. Mat -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]