Re: Replacing text in multiple files

[Jim Meyering]

address@hidden (Paul Jarc) wrote:

> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>> You might want to limit the process to files that will
>> actually be changed -- sometimes it's best not to update timestamps,
>> and if you're making backups as this is, there's no point in making
>> a .bak file if it's identical to the original:
>>
>>   find . -type f -print0 | grep -l oldstr \
>>     | xargs -0 perl -pi.bak -e 's/oldstr/newstr/g'
>
> One of us is misunderstanding grep's -l option.  AIUI, -l means that

Whoops.  You're right.  That'll teach me to give advice without testing.
Thanks for keeping me honest :-)