[ILUG] [OTish] Regex question...

[kevin lyda]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 06:11:30PM +0000, Stephen Shirley wrote:
> Ah - well yes it would - but the problem is that i want the regex to
> work for all directories. I.e. I have c files with
> 
> #include "foo\bar\apples.h"
> #include "oof\rab\oranges.h"
> #include "ofo\bra\bananas.h"
> 
> etc etc, and it would be nice to be able to run just one search-replace,
> but then again it's probably just wishful thinking.

find foo -name '*.c' -exec sh -c "sed '/^#include/{s-\\\\-/-g;}' '{}' > '{}'.tmp ; mv '{}'.tmp '{}'" ';'

replace "foo" with the dir you're using.  the above assumes
sh/zsh/ksh/bash style quoting.  i've happily forgotten csh quote rules.
make backups.  test first.  no warrenties.  ymmv.

kevin

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