Re: Re: simple command-line question

find . -exec perl -i -pe 's/mike/meathead/ig' \{\} \;
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Re: Re: Re: simple command-line question by Sidhekin (Priest) on Mar 05, 2002 at 13:21 UTC
`find . -type f -print0 \| xargs -0 perl -i -pe 's/mike/meathead/ig'` Might save you a few or several thousands of processes, depending on the number of files found -- and might be a good habit to make -- at least on systems where it works. (GNU `find` might be needed.) For anything more complex than one-liners, you might prefer to use File::Find; The Sidhekin `print "Just another Perl ${\(trickster and hacker)},"`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: Re: Re: simple command-line question
by Sidhekin (Priest) on Mar 05, 2002 at 13:21 UTC

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 perl -i -pe 's/mike/meathead/ig'

Might save you a few or several thousands of processes, depending on the number of files found -- and might be a good habit to make -- at least on systems where it works. (GNU find might be needed.)

For anything more complex than one-liners, you might prefer to use File::Find;

The Sidhekin
print "Just another Perl ${\(trickster and hacker)},"

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