recusive ls/search/replace function!!

[bruce]

> hi..
>
> can't figure this out. it's basic.. how can i do a find of all files in
> underlying recursive dirs. also, how can i do a search/replace of txt in
all
> files that match a certain extension..
>
> ie, how do i find all files that end in 'int' in the underlying dirs...
> or, how do i replace "foo' with 'dog' in all underlying dirs that end in
> 'ddf'..
>
> i can see that 'ls -R * can/should get me all underlying files... but...
>
> i can also see that find . -name "*.int" would work to find the files...
but
> i'm not sure how to get the rest.

You're probably after something like:

$ find . -name '*.int' -exec sed -i -e 's/foo/dog/g' {} \;

Paul.
--
Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>

thanks...

any idea how to delete all files in a subdirectory with a certain
extension...??

-bruce