exchange data1 with data2 on files for all subdirectories

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Hi

I have to replace value data1 by data2 where existing inside all the files on directory and subdirectories /data/bin

Is it working using find and sed in combination. Does sed also working looking in directories?

would be nice if you have any suggestions.

Thanks Reto

2 
man sed

will give you your answer

3

I have checked the man pages already.

I'm using now a find, move everything to a file:
find /app/oracle/product -type f -exec grep -l data1 {} \; > data1_files.txt

Then I will loop that file using a sed command.

I thought this would be possible in one step, but probably not.

Regards Reto

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for mFile in `find /app/oracle/product -type f -exec grep -l data1 {} \;`
do
  echo "At "`date`" working with file = "$mFile
  sed 's/data1/data2/g' $mFile > $$Temp
  mv $$Temp $mFile
done
5

thanks a lot shell_life for your statement!
I will test it asap.

Regards Reto

6

Thanks a lot shell_life - your script is perfect!!

Fantastic!!

Regards Reto