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mass find and replace using sed
# Find foo's and replace with bar's, backing up as *.bak
grep -rl "foo" app/views | xargs sed -i .bak s/foo/bar/g
# Alternate: Require other patterns on the line
grep -rl "grok" app/views | xargs sed -i .bak -e '/grok/ s/foo/bar/g'
# Throw away the backup files
find . -name *.bak -print | xargs rm
# Another possibility, if all relevant files are part of the repo
git clean -f
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