Re^3: One-line shell script for find and replace


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by ruoso (Curate)

on Oct 05, 2005 at 18:17 UTC ( [id://497689]=note: print w/replies, xml )

Need Help??

I still prefer:

find . -name '*.txt' -exec perl -pi -e 's/find/replace/g' {} \;
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daniel

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Re^4: One-line shell script for find and replace by Anonymous Monk on Oct 05, 2005 at 20:17 UTC
In the prior solution, you execute the perl interpreter once. In yours, you execute it many times. You gain maybe a little clarity, but you lose on performance. Only pointing this out if you have 10k files to deal w/	[reply]

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