perl -p -i.bak -e 's/\$Log/\$History/gi' *

[download]
Creates backupfiles with the extension .ext and modifies the original files where all occurances of $Log are replaced with $History. This is done for every file in this case since you choice *. 
 $InputArray is a scalar not an Array.

[download]
To replace any occurance of $Log to $History: try this but on a backup please. the first argument is the dir where the files life. 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use File::Find;
my @dirs = @ARGV;
@ARGV = ();
File::Find::find(
  {
    wanted => sub { push @ARGV, $File::Find::name if -f }
  },
  @dirs
);
local $^I;
while ( defined( $_ = <ARGV> ) ) {
  s/\$Log:/\$History:/gi;
  print;
}

[download]
Boris

In reply to Re: Re: Search & Replace in subdirectory files by borisz
in thread Search & Replace in subdirectory files by Rina

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.