A bash script to grep files in a specified directory and to replace values using sed

grep_and_replace.sh

#!/bin/bash

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# grep_and_replace.sh                                                               #
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# Usage: grep_and_replace.sh "grep-value" "sed-value" "directory"                   #
# Example: grep_and_replace.sh "old_path\/" "s/old_path\//new_path\//g" "~/project" #
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COMMAND="egrep -lrZ --binary-files=without-match \"$1\" \"$PWD/$3\" | xargs -0 -l sed -i -e \"$2\""

echo "Command: $COMMAND"
read -p "Really execute (y/n)? "

[ "$REPLY" != "y" ] || eval $COMMAND

Usage Example

$ git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

$ find_replace.sh "TODO" "s/TODO/REMEMBER/g" apps/
Command: egrep -lrZ --binary-files=without-match "TODO" "/home/user/apps/" | xargs -0 -l sed -i -e "s/TODO/REMEMBER/g"
Really execute (y/n)? y

[danilo@dev5 db]$ git status
# On branch master
# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#       modified:   apps/pagination.py
#       modified:   apps/folder1/performance_test.py
#       modified:   apps/folder1/models.py
#       modified:   apps/folder1/folder2/validation.py
#       modified:   apps/folder1/folder2/views.py
#
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")