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using the BASH shell<br />
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$ shopt -s globstar<br />
$ rename -n 's/foobar/zooph/' **<br />
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remove the -n after you test and confirm.<br />
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the shopt -s globstar is to enable the bash ** feature, (stands for recursive) however it might be enabled already.<br />
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/r<br />
Richard
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using the BASH shell

$ shopt -s globstar
$ rename -n 's/foobar/zooph/' **

remove the -n after you test and confirm.

the shopt -s globstar is to enable the bash ** feature, (stands for recursive) however it might be enabled already.

/r
Richard

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Would that rename the files? &nbsp;I want the file names to remain the same. &nbsp;The text content should be changed.
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Would that rename the files?  I want the file names to remain the same.  The text content should be changed.

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aah.. I misunderstood, yes the above would rename the files..
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aah.. I misunderstood, yes the above would rename the files..

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grep -rl 'foobar' ./ | xargs sed -i 's/foobar/zooph/g'<br />
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This will search for the string 'foobar' in all files relative to the current directory and replace 'foobar' with 'zooph' for each occurrence of the string in each file.<br />
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sorry for the earlier confusion<br />
/r<br />
Richard
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grep -rl 'foobar' ./ | xargs sed -i 's/foobar/zooph/g'

This will search for the string 'foobar' in all files relative to the current directory and replace 'foobar' with 'zooph' for each occurrence of the string in each file.

sorry for the earlier confusion
/r
Richard

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Using a command line in FreeBSD, how can I replace the word &quot;foobar&quot; with the word &quot;zooph&quot; in all files that are found in a directory and all its subdirectories?
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Using a command line in FreeBSD, how can I replace the word "foobar" with the word "zooph" in all files that are found in a directory and all its subdirectories?

FreeBSD: Recursively find and replace text

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FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system that is a direct descendant of BSD. FreeBSD contains a significant collection of server-related software in the base system and the ports collection, it is possible to configure and use FreeBSD as a mail server, web server, Firewall, FTP server, DNS server and a router, among other applications. Although FreeBSD does not install the X Window System by default, it is available in the FreeBSD ports collection. A number of Desktop environments such as GNOME, KDE and Xfce, and lightweight window managers such as Openbox, Fluxbox and dwm are also available to FreeBSD.