http://blogs.nonado.net/sith Please help I'm trapped inside my own head Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:39:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Of course this can be altered for use with any file type and regex.     find . -type f -exec sed -i {} -e 's/pattern1/pattern2/g' \; - D. http://blogs.nonado.net/sith/2007/07/09/using-find-sed-to-replace-a-pattern-in-multiple-files/ Simply use the following command; perl -pi~ -e 's/regexp1/regexp2/' files Where; regexp1 - Regular expression you are seeking. regexp2 - It's replacement. files - The files you wish this replacement to occur. http://blogs.nonado.net/sith/2007/05/23/perl-replacing-every-instance-of-a-regex-found-in-multiple-files/ A useful trick in Vim to return the number of matched expressions in a file; let x=0 | g/regexp/let x=x+1 echo x where regexp obviously is the regular expression (pattern) you wish to count. http://blogs.nonado.net/sith/2007/05/23/vim-counting-the-number-of-matches/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://blogs.nonado.net/sith/2006/05/10/a-ripple-in-the-pond/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://blogs.nonado.net/sith/2006/02/09/stars-shining-down-on-me-from-afar/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://blogs.nonado.net/sith/2006/01/24/the-clock-has-stopped-ticking/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://blogs.nonado.net/sith/2005/09/23/aspirat-primo-fortuna-labori/