Quickly search and replace string with Regular expression in multiple files using perl

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:45:45 +0000

for i in *; do perl -p -w -e ’s/a(.*)b.*/d$1e/g’ $i > temp/$i; done

for i in *; do perl -pi -w -e ’s/a(.*)b.*/d$1e/g’ $i ; done

The first one can be used when you want to preserve the original file. The redirection will cause the file with replaced string to be written to the new location in the temp directory. Modify the same according to your needs.

The second can be used to modify the files in-line. Causing overwriting the original file.

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Quickly search and replace string with Regular expression in multiple files using perl