Re: [opensuse] OT: Need program to replace text

Am Sonntag, 11. November 2007 01:41:44 schrieb Chris Arnold:

file to .php

Isn't there a program that will search all the files in a given directory for html and head and then replace that with something else? Then rename the files? I have seen the replace function in gedit but it does not accept the php code that needs to be inserted (i

$ sed -i 's/red/blue/g' file to replace every entry called red with one that's called blue and write it in the file(-i). You can of course use such things as ./* for the hole directory.... man sed or man awk will provide you with further informations :) Greetings Michael