On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 13:16 -0400, H.S. wrote: > The problem is to change a particular link in all the pages. I assume > the webpages were made using a template. If I were to search and replace > a particular string with a the new desired one, I would be done. Could > somebody suggest the best way to use grep and sed to make these changes? > The main problems are matching HTML code over a number of lines and > replacing all of them. I am not averse to using perl either if I could > get a starting point. All relevant suggestions are welcome. BTW, I have > Debian Etch and Sid machines here on which I can work, if it matters.
find . -name "*.html" | xargs sed -i.bak -e 's/string_to_replace/replacement/g' Does something like this work? If your match pattern spans more than one line than you'll need a more complex script. Casey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
