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[sandy1028]

How to search for the file in the directory which has the string "ABC" and replace the string "ABC" with "XYZ" in all the files.


find . -type f -exec grep 'ABC' -print {} \;

[Jawsoflife]

for file in `grep -lr ABC ./*`; do
  sed 's/ABC/XYZ/g' $file >/tmp/$$ && mv /tmp/$$ $file
done