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mgra99

12-31-2009 07:41 PM

need help .... find & grep

hi there,
i want to know
how can i find in my system about a such word like 'hello' in a such file and then if we found it remove this word from that file ?

bartonski

12-31-2009 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgra99 (Post 3810428)

hi there,
i want to know
how can i find in my system about a such word like 'hello' in a such file and then if we found it remove this word from that file ?

Ok, let's say that you're looking to delete the word 'hello' from all files in the directory /home/me/txt:

Code:

find /home/me/txt | xargs sed 's/hello//g'

pixellany

12-31-2009 09:16 PM

In one directory:

Code:

sed -i 's/hello//g' *

To search by content in the entire system is a bit messy---is that really what you need to do?

"find" is not good for searching by content......

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