Find & Replace in Files

davetanguay

• August 26, 2017 08:36

I understand I can use sed to find and replace data such as follows: grep -r -l -e 'something1' /home/user/public_html/* | xargs sed -i 's/something1/something2/g' But how do I replace string that contains forward slashes? For example, how would I replace the following? FIND: example.com/~user/ REPLACE: example.org/

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  24x7server

  • August 26, 2017 13:54

  Hi, To use the forward slashes as it is, you have to escape it with the backward slash.. "\/" like this..

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 28, 2017 17:12

  Hello, You may also find the following third-party URL helpful: sed find replace string with special characters Thank you.

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