[geeks] search and replace

[Kurt Huhn]

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 13:23:44 -0400
Kevin <kevin at mpcf.com> wrote:

> I've got an folder full of html docs that reference a
> file in one location and i want to move that file to
> another location.  What i need is a way of replacing
> the string "pic.gif" with the string "images/pic.gif"
> in all of these documents.
> 
> I'm guessing there is someway to accomplish this with a
> bash or csh script but i lack a mastery of either.  Any
> help would be much appreciated.
> 
> Note: i'm sure i could load up all the files into a
> word processor and search and replace but i feel
> certain that there's a more elegant way :)
> 

man sed

in short,
sed s/pic.gif/"images/pic.gif"/g
will probably get you there.  Unless I've typo'd something, that is....

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