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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4292- December 11, 2012
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 Unix Tip #4292- December 11, 2012
 
FIND/REPLACE RECURSIVELY  
  
Find and replace recursively  
through an entire directory  
tree using the following command:  
  
$ grep -rlZ pattern /some/dir | xargs -r0 perl -pi -e 's/pattern/replacement/g'  
  
  
If the word CAT was to be replaced  
with the word DOG in all files  
starting at the top of /home/kennel  
and all subdirectories below it:  
  
$ grep -rlZ CAT /home/kennel | xargs -r0 perl -pi -e 's/CAT/DOG/g'  
  
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