Replace a string in several files

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Added by flor on November-7-2007, 9:10 am

This script replaces a string for another in several files.

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Save this in a file named script.sh:

#!/bin/bash
# In this case, the string "hello" is replaced for "hello world" in all .txt files, renaming the 
# read files with .txt.old.
for i in *.txt; do
mv $i $i.old
sed "s/hello/hello\/world/g" $i.old > $i
done

Don't forget to give the script the execution permission.
$ chmod +x script.php

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