String replacement for all files in directory

[Joel Goguen]

On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 20:16 -0600, Kipton Moravec wrote:
> How do I do a simple string replacement of one string with another
> string in all files in a directory?
> 
> For example:
> 
> I have 1200 files in a directory. Wherever I see the string
> "footprint=0603C" in any of the files (may occur 0 or multiple times) I
> want to replace with "footprint=CAPC0603N"
> 
> I do not know how to figure out what command to use so I can look it up.
> 
> Kip  
> -- 
> Kipton Moravec AE5IB
> "Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
> --Mark Twain
> 
> 
> 
Open a Terminal, go to the directory, and run this command:

sed -i 's/footprint=0603C/footprint=CAPC0603N/g' *

That will do the search/replace on all files.

-- 
Joel Goguen
Bug-free code is a myth.
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