> > hi.. > > > > can't find my old solution to this!! need to know how to find/replace > > 'text' > > in files in a directory tree. i'd like to be able to either do all files, > > or > > all files of a specific extension > > > > replace "foo" with "bar" in all files in the dir tree > > replace "foo" with "bar" in all (*.cpp) files in the dir tree > > something like: > > find . -type f -name "*.cpp" -exec sed -i 's/foo/bar/g' {} \; > > -- perl also has a similar funcionality find . -type f -name "*.cpp" -exec perl -pi -e 's/foo/bar/g' {} \; This is also portable to standard UNIX systems with perl installed. (standard UNIX sed has no -i option). -- Nix