[GLLUG] Change text in multiple files

[dpk]

Seth Bembeneck wrote:
> Is there an easy way to change text in lots of files at one time?
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> Specifically, I need to change all references to "index.php" in my php
> scripts to "home.php"
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> The php files are spread out among several sub-folders.
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> Is this possible??

find /path/to/dir -name '*.php' \
     -exec perl -pi.bak -e 's/index\.php/home\.php/g;' {} \;

Note: this will create a backup of the file with the extension .bak 
incase that isn't really what you wanted to do.

dpk