Use of "xargs" on many files will be much faster than "find...exec" construction
find / -type f -name copyright.htm | xargs sed -i .bak -e 's/2010/2011/g' 2011/2/15 erikmccaskey64 <[email protected]>: > my little opinion: first run the changes on a backup, or a copy of the files: > > this one works under linux bash fedora: > how to create a "shadow" of a folder [same filenames in another dir, but with > 0 Byte size] > > > in the original, "A" directory: > find . -type f > a.txt > > > "B" directory: > cat ../a.txt | while read file; do if [[ "$file" = */* ]]; then mkdir -p > "${file%/*}"; fi; touch "$file"; done > > > > > so if something goes wrong, there would be no trouble > > ---- Be Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:11:19 -0800 Adam Vande More > <[email protected]> írta ---- > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Jack L. Stone > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hello folks: > > > > No doubt this will be easy for those with scritping abilities. > > > > I have a gazillion files by the same name and each contains the same line > > requiring the same change. But the problem is that they are in many > > different directories on a server with numerous domains. While I could > > handle the change using a single directory within my abilities, I'm > unsure > > how to do a search and replace throughout the many domains and their > > directories. Don't want to mess up. Here's what I'm trying to do: > > > > # find all of the same filenames (copyright.htm) and then replace the > year > > 2010 with 2011 in each file. Once I have a working script, I should be > able > > to add it as a cron job to run on the first day of each new year. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > /usr/ports/misc/rpl > > -- > Adam Vande More > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > -- -- AP _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
