Nov 182011
Here is a short script to replace strings with sed easily written in bash.
#!/bin/bash
#Replace string in file of given extension
#argument 1, extension type
#argument 2, old string
#argument 3, new string
EXPECTED_ARGS=3
if [ $# -ne $EXPECTED_ARGS ]
then
echo "Usage: `basename $0` [extension] [old_str] [new_str]"
echo "Exemple: `basename $0` php old_text new_text"
exit 1
fi
EXTENSION=$1
OLDSTR=$2
NEWSTR=$3
#Simply replace string with sed and erase old file
for file in `find . -name "*.$EXTENSION"`
do
sed -i "s/$OLDSTR/$NEWSTR/g" $file
done
exit $?
The user can specify an extension, as well as the strings to be replaced and to replace.
This is just a memo, nothing serious…
Michael
