!!Be careful of this, its super powerful!!
try it on 1 test file first and then do the wildcard...

from the unix command line:


bash>perl -p -i -e s/myself.inc/myself.inc.php/ *.php

so its:

 perl -p -i -e  s/original_text/text_to_replace/ file_name(s)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Shrout, Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 2:06 PM
Subject: [PHP] Find and Replace


> This isn't exactly PHP I need help with, but it relates to what I learned
> about security.  Up until now, I have been using *.inc extensions for my
> include files.  Well, I didn't realize until recently that anyone can view
> these files.  So, I want to rename them to *.inc.php.  BUT, in almost all
of
> my PHP pages, there are links to : include ('mydir/myfile.inc');
>
> Can someone tell me how to do a recursive find and replace to look for
> /myfile.inc and replace it with myfile.inc.php?  I am running Red Hat 7.1
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ryan
>
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