Change string in many files at once and MUCH more.


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DATE: Feb. 25, 2014, 3:07 a.m.

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  1. Change string in many files at once and more.
  2. Find all files that contain string XXX in them, change the string from XXX to YYY, make a backup copy of the file and save a list of files changed in /tmp/fileschanged.
  3. find . -type f -exec grep -l XXX {} \;|tee /tmp/fileschanged|xargs perl -pi.bak -e 's/XXX/YYY/g'

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