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March 6, 2013 00:56
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Here is a script I wrote to find and replace things on linux. You might be able to modify it for windows if you install perl, but Im not sure.
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#!/usr/bin/perl | |
print "Find\n"; ##this defines what you are searching for, it will be inserted into a regex expression, so escape character if needed | |
$test1 = <STDIN>; | |
chomp $test1; | |
print "Replace\n"; ##this defines what you will replace the previous string with, also in regex so escape special characters | |
$test2 = <STDIN>; | |
chomp $test2; | |
print "Where\n"; ##where you want it to look. ie. ~/Desktop/test (this will search all files in the directory and its subdirectories) | |
$test3 = <STDIN>; | |
chomp $test3; | |
print "Type\n"; ##this determins the type of file you want to search. ie. xml (leave this blank and it will search all files) | |
$test4 = <STDIN>; | |
chomp $test4; | |
if ($test4) { | |
$test5 = " -name *.$test4)"; | |
} else { | |
$test5 = ")"; | |
} | |
print "Find $test1 and replace with $test2 in $test3\n"; | |
system "perl -e \"s/$test1/$test2/g;\" -pi \$(find $test3 -type f$test5"; |
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