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Linux Shell Global Search & Replace

Replace String in all files matched by grep:

perl -p -i -e ‘s/oldstring/newstring/g’ `grep -ril searchpattern *`

Same thing - recursive below start folder

find -name ‘*.html’ -print -exec sed -i.bak ‘s/foo/bar/g’ {} \;

Notes

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