Search and replace with Perl in command line
Search and Replace in one or multiple files
Single file:
perl -pi -e 's/%SEARCHED_VALUE%/%REPLACE_VALUE%/g' fileMultiple files:
files | xargs -I[] perl -pi -e 's/%SEARCHED_VALUE%/%REPLACE_VALUE%/g' []
example:
```bash
ls *.txt | xargs -I[] perl -pi -e 's/%SEARCHED_VALUE%/%REPLACE_VALUE%/g' []Search and Replace in files and directories names
rename 's/%SEARCHED_VALUE%/%REPLACE_VALUE%/' filesWritten by padawin
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