fixnames

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# fixnames
# Jay Pfaffman <jay@pfaffman.com>
# Available from https://gist.github.com/pfaffman/8644399
if [ $# -lt 1 ]
then
    echo "Usage " $0 files
    echo "   Replaces names (or any words) in files passed on the command line."
    echo "   Edit below to change what names get replaced."
    exit
fi

# According to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17382272/beginning-and-end-of-words-in-sed-and-grep
# on OS X you'll need to use [[:<:]] and [[:>:]] for word boundary.
# Using \b or \< just doesn't work. 

# For each first and last name, duplicate the sed line below to replace in all
# of the documents passed on the command line.

# Sites like http://listofrandomnames.com/ will give you lists of names.

for file in $*
do
    echo -n "Processing " $file ". . . "
    # Stick in as many names like these as you need to
    # Whatever is in the first field between the /'s will be replaced by the second field.
    sed --in-place -e 's/\<OLDNAME\>/NEWNAME/g' $file
    echo done.
done
exit