Snipplr comments feed https://snipplr.com/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:59:11 +0000 https://snipplr.com/view/4741/replace-string-in-multiple-files <p><p>Short: find . -iname "<em>.suffix" -exec sed -i -e 's#old#new#gi' {} \; Even shorter (ZSH): sed -i -e 's#old#new#gi' *</em>/*.suffix</p> </p> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:02:40 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/4741/replace-string-in-multiple-files https://snipplr.com/view/4741/replace-string-in-multiple-files <p><p>That's ** (two asterisks), I don't get the format of this comment thing here.</p> </p> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:03:31 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/4741/replace-string-in-multiple-files