[ale] find/replace ever instance of X with Y in *

[pete.hardie at gmail.com (Pete Hardie)]

On 1/22/07, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I periodically need a utility to change multiple instances of X with Y
> in files Z.  I know that combinations of awk/sed/grep can do some of
> this, but is there a way with one tool to do this?

If it's a simple Y:X substitution, without things like "Xa" won't be
changed but "X" will,
then sed -e "s/X/Y/g" <shell expressiong firl all files Z>
 should work.

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> Tia,
>
> -Jim P.
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