On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:18:57 +0900, Wonjae Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read the comment of > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/277753. > (Title : Find and replace string in all files in a directory) > > "perl -p -i -e 's/change this/..to this/g'" trick looks handy. > Does Python have a similar trick? Or, is there a shorter Python recipe for > the given problem?
sure. python -c 'import os; os.system("sed -i s/change this/...tothis/g")' Using-the-right-tool-for-the-job-ly-y'rs Stephen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list