In file search and replace?

Post #275,313 by JayMehaffey 12/9/06 10:00:30 PM Reply	In file search and replace? I have a bunch of html files I downloaded to my computer. The problem is they where developed under windows, which doesn't care about slash direction. And the files are full of links like "../help\\drivers/direct.htm" and Linux really doesn't like that. What is the easiest way to do a search and replace in multiple text files from the command line. I want to just replace all "\\" with "/" for every file in a directory. It might create a few problems but it will fix far more then it will create. Jay
Post #275,314 by crazy 12/9/06 10:29:53 PM 12/9/06 10:31:01 PM Reply	I'd do something like this If it was multiple directories of stuff: find . -name "*htm" -exec fix.pl {} \\; Where fix.pl was: #!/usr/bin/perl -w -pi.old s{\\\\}{/}g; Note - it could all be done on a single command line but I rarely use it that way so it doesn't fly off my fingers. Edited by crazy Dec. 9, 2006, 10:31:01 PM EST Expand All History
Post #275,315 by ChrisR 12/9/06 10:37:53 PM Reply	sed or awk or Perl which borrowed from them. sed "s/\\///g" test.txt >test.copy.txt
Post #275,320 by tuberculosis 12/10/06 12:47:35 AM 12/10/06 12:48:10 AM Reply	cat filename \| tr '\\\\' '/' > tmp; mv tmp filename Now stick it in a loop like for n in `find . -name "*html"` do cat $n \| tr '\\' '/' > tmp; mv tmp $n done Those other tools are overkill for this kind of thing. tr is a much underused utility [link\|http://www.blackbagops.net\|Black Bag Operations Log] [link\|http://www.objectiveclips.com\|Artificial Intelligence] [link\|http://www.badpage.info/seaside/html\|Scrutinizer] Edited by tuberculosis Dec. 10, 2006, 12:48:10 AM EST Expand All History
Post #275,336 by Yendor 12/10/06 9:36:09 AM Reply	YAAnswer Do this in the `sh` shell: `for file in $( find . -name "help.jsp" -print ); do sed -i.bak 's/\\///' $file; done` After you're done making sure that it did what you wanted it to do, go and remove all of your new .bak files. -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #275,369 by static 12/10/06 6:55:00 PM Reply	Hey that's nifty. I haven't seen that use of for before. I would have written your solution like this: `find . -name "help.jsp" -print \| ( while read file ; do sed -i.bak 's/\\///' $file; done )` Wade. "Don't give up!"
Post #275,395 by JayMehaffey 12/10/06 10:45:33 PM Reply	Thanks Thanks, I had to fix to sed to escape the slashes correctly, but that was simple. It only seemed to correct one instance per line, but I just ran several times. for file in $( find . -name "*.html" -print ); do sed -i.bak 's\|\\\|/\|' $file; done Jay
Post #275,398 by Yendor 12/10/06 11:08:53 PM Reply	Just add the "g" modifier to the sed script That'll get every instance on a line. -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #276,026 by a6l6e6x 12/17/06 9:43:24 PM Reply	Late to the party, but have you tried "tidy"? Link: [link\|http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/\|http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/] It's been a quite a while since I've used it last, but the Microsoft slash problem was one of the things it addressed. Have you considered the fact that "\\" may legitimately belong in an HTML file outside the context of being a directory delimiter? One can't be too cavalier about replacing one slash with another! :) Alex When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis

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