Find & Replace within an Entire Directory or Git Repo with sed

find-replace-sed.md

Find & Replace within an Entire Directory or Git Repo with sed

If replacing within a directory:

grep -rl 'apples' /dir_to_search_under | xargs sed -i 's/apples/oranges/g'

Or, within an entire git repository:

git grep -l 'apples' | xargs sed -i 's/apples/oranges/g'

stackoverflow credits

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6758963/find-and-replace-with-sed-in-directory-and-sub-directories

Thank you. This is excellent.

Thanks. :+1