topic Re: find and replace script in Operating System - HP-UX

find and replace script

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:22:06 GMT

attached is a script that'll find and replace text in files recursively from the directory it's run from.

In my case, it's mainly written to replace hardcoded hostnames in config files but might be useful to others. Of course it's not too sensitive on files it's looking in, but is a better alternative to vi'ing lots of files individually.

Comments and/or corrections/improvements always welcome.

Later,
Bill

Re: find and replace script

Edward Alfert_2 — Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:25:53 GMT

THANKS BILL!

I was manually changing some webpages using vi just last night. What a tedious process. I only had a console and couldn't use a windows machine.

This will definitely come in handy...

thanks again for sharing.

Re: find and replace script

Robin Wakefield — Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:42:38 GMT

Bill,

nit-picking really, but here's a few comments:

i) the awk's not really needed because you're executing the cut
ii) the second if block contains a "mv", I reckon this should be a "cp", but...
iii) ...you could combine the 2 if statements into one to cut down on duplicate code (it's running both anyway for "ascii text" files).

Rgds, Robin.

Re: find and replace script

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Thu, 20 Sep 2001 06:33:25 GMT

Yea Robin, you're right,

First point, yep, that's what I get for adding to it bit by bit..

the text is there for command text, ascii doesn't show up on my script files...
Although for duplication I couldn't get the || (or) in my if statement, i didn't want to spend too long looking to clean it up, but should really..

Probably should change to cp, but, I don't want to delete files seperately..

Bill

Re: find and replace script

Carlos Fernandez Riera — Thu, 20 Sep 2001 08:54:49 GMT

I`ve modified your file.

Unchecked. Could contain syntax errors.

Re: find and replace script

Carlos Fernandez Riera — Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:29:53 GMT

Try this version better..