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find and replace string in files

Find and replace in a single file - VI editor
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open vi editor
<http://www2.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=26366170&postID=114535590336229335>
:%s/search_string/replace_string/g

Find and replace in multiple files
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perl -pi -i 's/search_string/replace_string/g' *.txt

posted by Sris @ 5:56 PM