Command to find in each file and replace one or two words
 

Hi
i have few files called

asdf.sh
qwer.sh
hxhc.sh
.
.
.etc

cat asdf.sh
PROGHOME=/home/progress
find / -name /user/folder/

now i want to replace /home to /mine and /folder to /fold in all *.sh files in single shot as i dont want to get into each file and modify... pleaes let me know if any command such.

Very similar to your other thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...e-shot-913500/

Replace the sed delete command in that script with a substitute command. Try that?

But my replacement has / (forwardslash) those slashes are making me trouble. i used \(backslash) but may be some where i am doing wrong it seems, not able to get desired output.

You have to put a backslash in front of EVERY forwardslash, not just one.

sed allows arbitrary regex delimiters. Your '\/' told it to use forward slash as a delimiter. The man page doesn't point out (but the info node does) that the s command uses the first following character as a delimiter: sed s,a,b,g is equivalent to tr a b.

i tried using every time backslash didnt workout :(

code:
sed '\/emc/reale\/apps\/pseudo\/rsdm.pf /s\/\/emc_str\/reale\/apps\/pseudo\/rsdm_str.pf /g' vendors2.sh usersecg.sh

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i dont see anything on right like "Add to Reputation" button, on the left of the post.

[QUOTE=Sha_unix;4530866]i tried using every time backslash didnt workout :(
...because you're not calling SED correctly for a substitution. Quick Google search for "sed substitution examples", yields:
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/10/...tion-examples/

You're not telling it to substitute at the beginning.
See your previous thread that I referenced here. Sed will still only take one file at a time, unless you script it, which is what your last thread had already written.
The little "scales" icon...when hovered over, tells you that's what it is.

Thank you. its working now. and i posted this reply as helpful, is that what it adds to reputation i guess. :)