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--- tips:linux:replacefiles [2009/06/08 15:28] – created erik
+++ tips:linux:replacefiles [2020/05/30 04:54] (current) – erik
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+====== How to find and replace on many files? ======
+The following commands make it easy to find and replace some text in a set of files:
+<code>
+for fl in *.txt; do
+  mv $fl $fl.old
+  sed 's/find/replace/g' $fl.old > $fl
+done
+</code>