Re: Find and Replace text script?

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(OT) Re^2: Find and Replace text script? by Hue-Bond (Priest) on Jul 13, 2006 at 19:41 UTC
avoiding xargs Why spawn a copy of `perl` for each file? `$ find . -maxdepth 1 \| xargs perl -le 'print "$$: my args: @ARGV"' 12390: my args: . ./bash ./rbash ./sh ./cat ./chgrp ./chmod ./chown ./ +cp [...]` [download] `$ find . -maxdepth 1 -exec perl -le 'print "$$: my args: @ARGV"' {} \; 12399: my args: . 12400: my args: ./bash 12401: my args: ./rbash 12402: my args: ./sh 12403: my args: ./cat 12404: my args: ./chgrp 12405: my args: ./chmod 12406: my args: ./chown 12407: my args: ./cp [...]` [download] -- David Serrano	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Find and Replace text script? by duckyd (Hermit) on Jul 14, 2006 at 23:22 UTC
Generally, I don't care if I'm spawning a new copy of perl or not. It runs plenty fast either way	[reply]
Re^2: Find and Replace text script? by bobafifi (Beadle) on Jul 13, 2006 at 19:46 UTC
`find . -type f -name '.html' -exec perl -pi -e 's/php\?/html/g' {} \;` hmmm ... when I run this, my computer sounds* like it's processing the files and after about thirty seconds it stops and prints a new Terminal line. However, when I go to check the files, they remain unchanged. Do I need to change this "find . -type f -name" part somehow? Thanks, -Bob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Find and Replace text script? by davido (Cardinal) on Jul 13, 2006 at 20:19 UTC
I am still unclear as to whether you're changing filenames from .php to .html, or changing all occurrences of the word "php?" to "html" within each file, or if you're trying to translate a PHP file to an HTML file (which doesn't really make sense, but the question really is ambiguous). Honestly, what are you TRYING to do? Please explain clearly. Dave	[reply]
Re^4: Find and Replace text script? by bobafifi (Beadle) on Jul 13, 2006 at 20:34 UTC
> Honestly, what are you TRYING to do? Please explain clearly. Sorry for the confusion Dave ... I thought I had ... "the file names have already been changed to .html using Automator, so don't need that done" > or changing all occurrences of the word "php?" to "html" within each file yes - that's what I'm trying to do. Thanks, -Bob	[reply]
Re^2: Find and Replace text script? by runrig (Abbot) on Jul 13, 2006 at 19:52 UTC
Why avoid xargs? This is exactly the sort of thing this is for (or you may as well avoid `find` also and do the whole thing in perl).	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Find and Replace text script? by duckyd (Hermit) on Jul 14, 2006 at 23:24 UTC
sorry, just posted it in the spirit of TIMTOWTDI	[reply]