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Recursive find and replace using sed in Mac OS X
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recursive_find_replace_mac.sh
find . -type f -name '*.java' -exec sed -i '' 's/find/replace/g' {} +
# Find files (type f)
# with name *.java
# execute sed -i (inplace)
# '' means no backup files to be created
# 's/find/replace/g' sed command to do actual replace
# {} + the output of the find command is concatanated and fed to sed.
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