Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:57:12 +0300 From: Peter Andreev <andreev.peter@gmail.com> To: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: script help Message-ID: <AANLkTi=3ngyVR38-tCjcMKxOpNNSN6Qo2uiJE7y4qpDD@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <12e28896cd5.6574638108640039636.4001582758217268039@zoho.com> References: <3.0.1.32.20110214163437.019167e0@sage-american.com> <AANLkTinJn7=BMwCvRyEUoNQz-fR4%2BacHmiQovfuZ%2B69G@mail.gmail.com> <12e28896cd5.6574638108640039636.4001582758217268039@zoho.com>
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Use of "xargs" on many files will be much faster than "find...exec" constru=
ction
find / -type f -name copyright.htm | xargs sed -i .bak -e 's/2010/2011/g'
2011/2/15 erikmccaskey64 <erikmccaskey64@zoho.com>:
> my little opinion: first run the changes on a backup, or a copy of the fi=
les:
>
> this one works under linux bash fedora:
> how to create a "shadow" of a folder [same filenames in another dir, but =
with 0 Byte size]
>
>
> in the original, "A" directory:
> find . -type f > a.txt
>
>
> "B" directory:
> cat ../a.txt | while read file; do if [[ "$file" =3D */* ]]; then mkdir -=
p "${file%/*}"; fi; touch "$file"; done
>
>
>
>
> so if something goes wrong, there would be no trouble
>
> ---- Be Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:11:19 -0800 Adam Vande More <amvandemore@g=
mail.com> =EDrta ----
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Jack L. Stone <jacks@sage-american.co=
m>wrote:
>
> > Hello folks:
> >
> > No doubt this will be easy for those with scritping abilities.
> >
> > I have a gazillion files by the same name and each contains the same=
line
> > requiring the same change. But the problem is that they are in many
> > different directories on a server with numerous domains. While I cou=
ld
> > handle the change using a single directory within my abilities, I'm =
unsure
> > how to do a search and replace throughout the many domains and their
> > directories. Don't want to mess up. Here's what I'm trying to do:
> >
> > # find all of the same filenames (copyright.htm) and then replace th=
e year
> > 2010 with 2011 in each file. Once I have a working script, I should =
be able
> > to add it as a cron job to run on the first day of each new year.
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
>
> /usr/ports/misc/rpl
>
> --
> Adam Vande More
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