[SunHELP] script request!

[Will Mc Donald]

The best I can come up with off the top of my head is...

<-------SNIP------->
#! /bin/bash
for oldname in `find . -name "*nana*pl" | cut -d '/' -f 2`
do
    newname=`echo $oldname | sed 's/nana/mona/'`
    # echo $newname
    mv $oldname $newname
done
<-------SNIP------->

Not particularly elegant but it works. You could replace the find with an "ls
-1 *nana*pl"or something if you only wanted the current directory.

Will.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Jespersen" <shj at pine.dk>
To: "Sun solaris help list" <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: [SunHELP] script request!


> Hi list!
>
> I need a script for replacing a string in a number of files in a directory
>
> i want to replace the string "nana" with the string "mona" in all *pl files
> i wonder if anybody af a script or a easy way to do that.
>
> Kind regards
> Simon Jespersen
> Project engineer
> Pine Tree Systems A/S
> Damhaven 5d
> DK-7100 Vejle
> Email: shj at pine.dk
> Phone: +4575724477
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