Re^2: Find and Replace text script?

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

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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]