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replace_text_with_sed.sh
# Replace text in files using regular expressions
# test your search
find . | xargs grep ':precision => 2, :scale => 14' -l
# replace text
find db/migrate -type f -name "*" -exec sed -i -e "s/:precision => 2, :scale => 14/:precision => 14, :scale => 2/g" "{}" \;
# test your results
grep ":precision => 2, :scale => 14" db/migrate/. -R
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