is there a linux utility....
 

I need a utility to replace text strings in a text file with a second string. I need to do this on a large set of files.

Is there a linux utility for this?

Thanks!

sed

http://cs.smith.edu/~jfrankli/250f00/sed.html

first hit in google, probably only 30,000 more turorials out there. :)

R.O.

use:
chcase -x 's/before/after/' '*'

you may have to google chcase and install it.

oh, sorry chcase is for filenames

sed seems to fit the bill.

Thanks!