find and replace script

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

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

[Edward Alfert_2]

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.

[Robin Wakefield]

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.

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

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

[Carlos Fernandez Riera]

I`ve modified your file.

Unchecked. Could contain syntax errors.

[Carlos Fernandez Riera · Accepted solution]

Try this version better..