Re: substitute strings in text files (links in html files)

["Eric Gillespie, Jr." <epg@pretzelnet.com>]

On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Oliver Thuns wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> How could I substitute a string (links) in html files with standard
> Linux (debian) tools?
> 
> i.e. I want to change every http://one.domain.com in
> http://two.domain.com in some files and files in subdirs.
> 

sed -e "s/two/one/g" f1.html >f2.html

Don't redirect to your input file! You will lose it. If you need it to be
the same name, just rename afterwards. The "s/two/one/g" substitutes two
for one globally. Read sed's man page for more info.

> Oliver
> 
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