[Tfug] Quick command line question...

[Calvin Dodge]

Oops - my bad!

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Terence Rudkin <trudkin at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Oh, and Calvin's method with perl errors out...
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>> 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
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>> Any help getting that to run?
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> 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 {} \;)
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>> Thanks,
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>> Jim
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>> 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?
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>> > In other words, change all instances of "Hand Counted Paper Ballots" to
>> "HCPB"?
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>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Jim
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>> > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com>
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>> >> --- On Wed, 3/10/10, bpoag at comcast.net <bpoag at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> >>> sed is your friend.
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>> >> +1
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