Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2015 11:39:17 -0600 From: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Chop and replace method?? Message-ID: <552021C5.3010309@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55202099.9090908@radel.com> References: <DM__150404113753_01984604235@mail.antennex.com> <55202099.9090908@radel.com>
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On 04/04/2015 11:34 AM, Jon Radel wrote:
> On 4/4/15 12:48 PM, Nancy Belle wrote:
>> Hi freebsd-questions
>>
>> I have a really big problem to solve and save hours & hours of time
>> to correct hundreds of file links because of moving a very large
>> section within a web site. I have this now:
>>
>> 1) <a
>> href="../../../archival/archive13/Jan14/Jan114/intro-frankant.html">
>>
>> and need to chop off this portion of above link example:
>> 2) ../../../archival/archive13/
>>
>> leaving this as the correct link instead:
>> 3) <a href="Jan14/Jan114/intro-frankant.html">
>>
>> The front portion to chop is always the same while the rest of the
>> link always varies and should be left as is.
>>
> As always, it pays to have a really good backup before applying random
> scripts that can trash your files in one easy step, particularly those
> from friendly strangers on the Internet. :-)
>
> sed -i .bak 's/href=\"..\/..\/..\/archival\/archive13\//href=\"/' *.html
>
> should do what you asked for. But test on copies. Really!
>
> And use a different extension than .bak if you already have .bak files
> you care about.
>
> --Jon Radel
> jon@radel.com
>
>
>
Hi Jon,
should not the args include
-s, --separate
consider files as separate rather than as a single
continuous long stream.
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