search and replace throughout directories...

[Tim Mousel]

Hi,

I want to add a line of code to the top of every *.php page. I'm trying to write a script to do this but am having trouble because the files are not all in the same directory.

For example:

/users/directory1/index.php
/users/directory1/subdirec/index2.php
/users/directory2/index.php
/users/directory2/subdirec/index.php

Are there any existing scripts to do this with and if not could someone get me started in the right direction?

Thanks in advance,

Tim

[Mark Hensler]

I don't know of any prefab script that do this. You could write a shell script to do this.

How many files are we talking about? Can you just use an editor with a multi-file Search & Replace?

[Zzed]

Would you settle for a unix shell script?

I'll post it if you are interested.

[Tim Mousel]

Hi,

I could use search and replace in homesite but I'd have to download hundreds of files.

I would definitely settle for a shell script! That would be great.

Thanks,

Tim

[Zzed]

Ok, how about a one liner?

Try this in the parent directory: /users

for i in `find . -name "index*.php" -print`;do echo "<<< This is the text to add >>>" > /tmp/foo; cat $i >> /tmp/foo; cp /tmp/foo $i;done

Note that the statement: find . -name "index*.php" -print is enlcosed in backticks: ` and not single quotes.

This one liner will recursively look for all index*.php files and prepend it with the tect you want.

[Tim Mousel]

Hi,

Great! Thank you so much. I'll give it a try.

Tim

[Zzed]

Let me know how it goes.