[CS-FSLUG] I need a q'n'd shell script or something for batch file editing

[Robert W.]

On 10/16/2004 10:32:08 PM, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> PROBLEM: Internet Explorer chokes on a line of code that works great  
> in -- apparently -- every other browser ever on the face of the  
> earth.
> 
> FIX: Switch the call for a stylesheet from using a relative path to  
> an absolute path.
> 
> NEW PROBLEM: That change needs to be made in a very large number of  
> files on my client's site.
> 
> What I need is to find a way to write a quick and dirty batch script  
> that will edit the right line in each file.

In this case, Perl is easier than the shell...
#perl -ip -e 's/href="stylesheet.css"/href="\/fullpath\/stylesheet. 
css"/' *

The "-i" will replace the original file with the modified version.

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