I want to find and replace string from files present in one directory.
user will input the string to be searched and to replace .
Here is my program but Not working
echo "Enter Old domain name:"
read old
echo "Enter New domain name:"
read new
grep -rl '$old' /var/www/ | xargs sed -i 's/$old/$new/g'
exec bash
The grep and sed you have in the script does not modify the file you wanted to or its not the correct way to do it. Try as
michaelf>cat fil.ksh
#!/bin/ksh
echo "Enter Old domain name:"
read old
echo "Enter New domain name:"
read new
sed "s/$old/$new/g" /home/michael/infile > /home/michael/tmp
#after verifying the results in the file /home/michael/tmp, uncomment the below line to rename to the original file name
#mv /home/michael/tmp /home/michael/infile
michaelf>
i have 1000 of file in var/www/ how do i replace recursively without moving files from temp.
If your version of SED supports -i option then you could use it instead of mv command
sed -i "....
Problem was with quotes :
echo "Enter Old domain name:"
read old
echo "Enter New domain name:"
read new
grep -rl "$old" /var/www | xargs sed -i "s/$old/$new/g"
exec bash