how to search a value in multiple files and substitute it ? 1

[loloman]

I want to find a string in multiple files and substitute it with shell command
grep value *.log ....

 

[feherke]

Hi

find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/string/grep value *.log ..../g' '{}' \;

This is exactly what you asked for. If you mean "substitute it with shell command[red]'s output[/red]", then you have to reformulate your question.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[loloman]

Thank you
I want to replace "Aborted" by "Vu" in files *.log

It's ok with this command
find . -type f -name '*.log' -exec sed -i 's/Aborted/Vu/g' '{}' \;

 

[Ogzilal]

Hi,

Usually, log files are intented to relate what was happened during process execution. It's a bad idea to replace manually things in log files.

 

[feherke]

Hi

Note that [tt]sed[/tt] creates a new file when used with the -i option. So be sure no application logs in those files while you execute that command.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/