[Tfug] Quick command line question...

[Ryan Cresawn]

Jim,

Make a backup of the directory before you mangle your data by trying this
bash script. I think it's safe, but it's untested.

for i in *.TXT; do
ed $i<<END
1,$s/regurjitation/regurgitation/g
w
q
END
done

Good luck,
Ryan


On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Say I've got a bunch of text files in a directory...all ending with
> .TXT...a dozen or so.
>
> I know that in some, a particular word isn't spelled right - say,
> "regurjitation".  I want to do a command to search for that and
> replace it with "regurgitation" across all files where the bad one is
> found, and save all files to their original names.
>
> Any help appreciated :).
>
> Jim
>
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