[findAndReplace.sh] Recursive find files with specific extension within multiple dirs and replace multiple strings. Currently using it on Jekyll builds #jekyll #sed #find #replace #bash #ruby #helper #build

jekyll_findAndReplace.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Source bash output formatting helper
source ${BASH_HELPERS}/msg_format.sh

# Strings to replace before building site "orignal1:::new1" "original2:::new2"
declare -a stringsToReplace=("original1:::new1" "original2:::new2")

for string in "${stringsToReplace[@]}"; do

    # split original string from new string
    stringsArray=(${string//:::/ })
    originalString=${stringsArray[0]}
    newString=${stringsArray[1]}

    msg_info "Replacing string ${originalString} with ${newString}\n"
    
    # Replace each <PATHX> occurence for a path where to look in 
    # Replace <EXTENSION> for the extension you're looking for 
    # 	or replace '.+\.md$' with '.+' if no filter should be applied
    gfind . -type f -regextype posix-egrep -regex "\.\/(<PATH1>|<PATH2>|<PATH3>|<PATH4>|||)/.+\.<EXTENSION>$" \
    -print0 | \
    gxargs -0 \
    gsed -i "s|${originalString}|${newString}|g"
done