search-and-replace-in-files.sh

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [[ $# -ne 1 ]] 
	then
	echo "Usage $0 path/to/your/directory"	# path parameter missing
	exit 2
fi

directory=$1

searchterms=("search" "terms" "can be anything")
replaceterms=("replace" "with" "these terms")

if [[ ${#searchterms[@]} != ${#replaceterms[@]} ]] 
	then
	echo "Number of Search Terms and Replace terms are not equal";
	exit 2;
fi

i=0
while [ $i -lt ${#searchterms[*]} ]; do
    echo Processing "${searchterms[$i]}":"${replaceterms[$i]}"
    grep --exclude-dir=".git" --exclude=\*.sh -r -l "${searchterms[$i]}" $directory | sort | uniq | xargs perl -pi -e "s/""${searchterms[$i]}""/""${replaceterms[$i]}/g"
    i=$(( $i + 1))
done