Linux GURUS pls help - mass replace
 

I have a problem.

I'd like to replace an URL in several .html files in several directories.

The structure is like this:
/dir
/dir1/
html1.html
html2.html
html3.html
/dir2/
somehtml1.html
somehtml2.html
somehtml3.html
.....

I would like to replace an URL with another one in all files and in all directories (dir1, dir2, dir3...). Is this doable?

Please help

assuming xxx.html is to be replaced by yyy.html

for i in $(ls -1 *);do sed 's/xxx.html/yyy.html/g' $i ; done

for i in $(ls -1 */*);do sed 's/xxx.html/yyy.html/g' $i; done

Or dump the files to a non Linux and run a typical find and replace from Dreamweaver of the like.

yeah, works for me.

bah wintendo :)

rpl is a UN*X text replacement utility. It will replace strings with new strings in multiple text files. It can scan directories recursively and replace strings in all files found. It includes source, a build script, and a man page, and should work on most flavors of UN*X. Linux Intel, LinuxPPC, and Source RPMS are available on the website, as are binaries for other OSes.

Homepage http://www.laffeycomputer.com/software.html
Download ftp://ftp2.laffeycomputer.com/pub/cu...pl-beta.tar.gz