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Find/Replace Mulitple text files
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| Can someone help me with creating a script for the following
scenario...
search through multiple files with text:
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texttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
texttext
texttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
texttext
thedir="hello"
texttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
texttext
texttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
texttext
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find in each file the string: thedir="hello"
hold anything between the quotes in a buffer: hello
replace the string with a new string + buffer + string:
thedir="\hello\"
Thank you for any help.
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| Ed Morton 2005-04-15, 3:55 am |
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david wrote:
> Can someone help me with creating a script for the following
> scenario...
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> search through multiple files with text:
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> -------------------------------------------------------
> texttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
texttext
> texttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
texttext
> thedir="hello"
> texttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
texttext
> texttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
texttext
> -------------------------------------------------------
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> find in each file the string: thedir="hello"
> hold anything between the quotes in a buffer: hello
> replace the string with a new string + buffer + string:
> thedir="\hello\"
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> Thank you for any help.
>
gawk '{$0=gensub(/(thedir=\")([^"]*)(\")/,"\\1\\\\\\2\\\\\\3","g")}1' file
Regards,
Ed.
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