How can I search all *.html files in a directory and it's sub directories for the word "p3nor" and replace them with "p3nis"?

See this: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ng-4175453776/

If you use the KDE desktop manager, install the krename package and see if that can solve your problem. (GNOME may have a similar package but I don't use GNOME enough to know it's name.)

Also, you could look at the various -exec options of the find command.

thanks for the replies. I found a script on another forum that would do what I'm after:


# *****************************************************************************************
# find_and_replace_in_files.sh
# This script does a recursive, case sensitive directory search and replace of files
# To make a case insensitive search replace, use the -i switch in the grep call
# uses a startdirectory parameter so that you can run it outside of specified directory - else this script will modify itself!
# *****************************************************************************************

!/bin/bash
# **************** Change Variables Here ************
startdirectory="/your/start/directory"
searchterm="test"
replaceterm="test=ok!"
# **********************************************************

echo "***************************************************"
echo "* Search and Replace in Files Version 01-Aug-2012 *"
echo "***************************************************"

i=0;

for file in $(grep -l -R $searchterm $startdirectory)
do
cp $file $file.bak
sed -e "s/$searchterm/$replaceterm/ig" $file > tempfile.tmp
mv tempfile.tmp $file

let i++;

echo "Modified: " $file
done

echo " *** All Done! *** Modified files:" $i

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That's not a very good script. In particular it relies on the Don't Read Lines With For error. None of the variables are quoted either, the $i variable is never even used, and you have to hard-code the values into the script.

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