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batch in-place replacement off content visible files, excluding dot files
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bulk_replace.sh
# grep -l -R -I --exclude "*.log" -e "old_stuff" . ## list files that contain old_stuff, excluding .log files
# grep -v '/\.' ## don't list dot files
# xargs sed -i "s/old_stuff/new_stuff/g" ## replace (and save) old_stuff with new_stuff in those files.
grep -l -R -I --exclude "*.log" -e "old_stuff" . | grep -v '/\.' | xargs sed -i "s/old_stuff/new_stuff/g"
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wteuber commented Oct 26, 2016 •
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OSX/zsh: grep -l -R -I --exclude "*.log" -e "old_stuff" . | grep -v '/.' | xargs sed -i "" "s/old_stuff/new_stuff/g"

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