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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 11:17:09 -0600
From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To: antenneX <antennex@swbell.net>
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Subject: Re: Find & Replace string
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On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 10:48:06AM -0600, antenneX wrote:
> Help on commands/script needed.
> 
> In a website of 1.GB+ with several hundred thousand files, I need to
> interrogate all files to replace a single string like "oldone.010" with
> "newone.011"
> 
> What's the best way to do this?
> 
find, xargs, and sed are your friends

-- 
Regards,
Doug