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Revision: 36140
at December 3, 2010 19:01 by jarnaldich
Updated Code 
# Select files
$files = gci . -recurse | ? { ($_ -match "txt$") -and ((gc $_.VersionInfo.FileName) -match "the_sink") } | % { $_.VersionInfo.FileName }

# Back'em up, just in case:
$files | % { cp $_ "$($_).bak" }

# Replace
$files | %{ (gc $_) -replace "foo","bar" | sc -Path $_ }

Revision: 36139
at December 3, 2010 19:00 by jarnaldich
Updated Code 
# Select files
$files = gci . -recurse | ? { ($_ -match "txt$") -and ((gc $_\.VersionInfo.FileName) -match "the_sink") } | % { $_.VersionInfo.FileName }

# Back'em up, just in case:
$files | % { cp $_ "$($_).bak" }

# Replace
$files | %{ (gc $_) -replace "foo","bar" | sc -Path $_ }

Revision: 36138
at November 18, 2010 19:58 by jarnaldich
Updated Code 
# Select files
$files = gci . -recurse | ? { ($_ -match "txt$") -and ((gc $_.VersionInfo.FileName) -match "the_sink") } | % { $_.VersionInfo.FileName }

# Back'em up, just in case:
$files | % { cp $_ "$($_).bak" }

# Replace
$files | %{ (gc $_) -replace "foo","bar" | sc -Path $_ }

Revision: 36137
at November 18, 2010 19:31 by jarnaldich
Initial Code 
# Select files
$files = Select-String -Path .\**\*.txt -Pattern "foo" | % { $_.Path } | Get-Unique

# Back'em up, just in case:
$files | % { Copy-Item $_ "$($_).bak" }

# Replace
$files | %{ (Get-Content $_) -replace "foo","bar" | Set-Content -Path $_ }
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replace foo -> bar in all .txt files down the tree

Dunno why, the syntax highlighter adds \3's to the code. Try plain text.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Search and Replace regexp in subdirectories

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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regex, search, replace, regexp

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Windows PowerShell