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Makes a recursive sed in place substitution.
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sed-recursive-in-place-substitution.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Makes sed a recursive in place substitution and
# create backup of original files with .bkp extension.
old=$1
new=$2
sed -i.bkp "s/${old}/${new}/g" $(grep -ril "${old}" .)
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