[Tfug] Quick command line question...

[Terence Rudkin]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, and Calvin's method with perl errors out...
>
> jim at jim-lappy ~/Desktop/ERIC/latest-adms $ perl -pi -e
> s/regurjitation/regurgitation/g $(find ./ -name '*.TXT' -type f -exec
> grep -l regurjitation)
> find: missing argument to `-exec'
> ^C
> jim at jim-lappy ~/Desktop/ERIC/latest-adms $ ^C
>
> Any help getting that to run?
>
Don't know if this is all bu the curlys are missing in the find.
try:
perl -pi -e s/regurjitation/regurgitation/g $(find ./ -name '*.TXT' -type f
-exec grep -l regurjitation {} \;)





>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ONE MORE QUESTION: can this process handle strings with spaces in 'em
> > instead of just whole words?
> >
> > In other words, change all instances of "Hand Counted Paper Ballots" to
> "HCPB"?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >> --- On Wed, 3/10/10, bpoag at comcast.net <bpoag at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> sed is your friend.
> >>
> >> +1
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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