Re: Search Replace in multiple files

Chetak Sasalu wrote: > > I came back to office after an extended weekend and realized that my words > might have irked some of you. 'Irked' is a good word. I'll happily forgive just because of that, plus the fact that I know that I also can be irksome. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PR

RE: Search Replace in multiple files

Hello, I came back to office after an extended weekend and realized that my words might have irked some of you. But let me explain. I agree, acquiring the 'mental tools' to do it myself is always the best way. I had tried out a few sample scripts myself (most of them failed). After spend

Re: Search Replace in multiple files

Rob Dixon wrote: >Jan Eden wrote: >> >>Rob Dixon wrote: >> >>>John W. Krahn wrote: >> use File::Find; local ( $^I, @ARGV ) = ''; find( { no_chdir => 1, wanted => sub { -f and push @ARGV, $_ } }, './mydir' ); s/foo/bar/g, print while <>; >>> >>>Thanks John. >>> >>>I missed the 'has sub

Re: Search Replace in multiple files

Jan Eden wrote: > > Rob Dixon wrote: > > >John W. Krahn wrote: > > >> use File::Find; > >> local ( $^I, @ARGV ) = ''; > >> find( { no_chdir => 1, wanted => sub { -f and push @ARGV, $_ } }, './mydir' ); > >> s/foo/bar/g, print while <>; > > > >Thanks John. > > > >I missed the 'has subdirectories'

Re: Search Replace in multiple files

John W. Krahn wrote: > > Chetak Sasalu wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Hello, > > > I have to search and replace 'foo' to 'bar' in all the files in a > > directory(has subdirectories). > > The files are about 40k in size. > > > > On the command line I would do it as, > > find ./mydir/ -type f -print | xargs

Re: Search Replace in multiple files

Ned Cunningham wrote: > Wouldn't it be better to not waste your time with this kind of response??? > > Ned Cunningham > POS Systems Development Hi Ned, I'd say that it depends on whether you see the OP as a potential programmer. If so, then no, it would not be better. If the OP takes a hint an

Re: Search Replace in multiple files

Chetak Sasalu wrote: > > Hi, Hello, > I have to search and replace 'foo' to 'bar' in all the files in a > directory(has subdirectories). > The files are about 40k in size. > > On the command line I would do it as, > find ./mydir/ -type f -print | xargs perl -pi -e 's/foo/bar/' > > No backup o

RE: Search Replace in multiple files

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RE: Search Replace in multiple files

[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : : I went through perldoc perlrun and saw the code. : : I thought it as a criminal waste of time to try and : modify that code for my purpose, when I can ask you : folks :-) Perhaps I am misunderstanding you, but that sounds to me like you would

Re: Search Replace in multiple files

On 02/06/04 07:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS: I see this term 'foo' 'bar' in many programming books, what is the etymology of this? It is derived from a technical acronym FUBAR - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Up Beyond All Repair (or Recognition). 'foo', 'bar' is just a play on the original acronym - A jo

Re: Search Replace in multiple files

Chetak Sasalu wrote: > > I have to search and replace 'foo' to 'bar' in all the files in a > directory(has subdirectories). > The files are about 40k in size. > > On the command line I would do it as, > find ./mydir/ -type f -print | xargs perl -pi -e 's/foo/bar/' > > No backup of the original fil

Re: Search Replace in multiple files

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Re: Search Replace in multiple files

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi, > >I have to search and replace 'foo' to 'bar' in all the files in a >directory(has subdirectories). The files are about 40k in size. > >What is the most efficient way to implement this inside a perl >program ? There are about 30 files to be processed. I went through