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find . -type f -name "*.*" -print0 | LC_ALL=en_US.CP437 xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's/{{{name}}}/bar/g'
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substitute_strings_in_files_recursively.sh
# substitute the string '{{{name}}}' with 'johndoe' in all files (including hidden ones) recursively and in-place
# tested on OSX, it does not creates any strange files based on .DS_STORE
find . -type f -name "*.*" -print0 | LC_ALL=en_US.CP437 xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's/{{{name}}}/johndoe/g'
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