Sarathlal N

Replace string in multiple files - Command line

Go to directory that contain files.

cd /var/www/posts

Find all PHP files in that folder & replace string foo with bar in all files.

find . -name "*.php" -print | xargs sed -i 's/foo/bar/g'

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