Comments on: Search And Replace shell script helpful for Upgrades http://www.askapache.com/shellscript/search-and-replace-shell-script-helpful-for-upgrades.html Advanced Web Development Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:28:48 -0500 hourly 1 By: Bill http://www.askapache.com/shellscript/search-and-replace-shell-script-helpful-for-upgrades.html#comment-80438 Bill Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:53:29 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=1516#comment-80438 We are launching a new design soon and plan to use your tool as it was very effective the last time. I would like to use this opportunity to clean things up a bit in my code. For instance, I have a fair amount of inline CSS styles that I would like to change to class or id names. The problem I am having is that the <code><</code> and <code>></code> are returning syntax errors for me. If I try to replace <code>style="margin: 1.5em;"</code> with <code>class="new_style"</code> the script hangs after I return "y" for "Are these settings correct [y/n]" Is there a better way to do this or is this beyond the scope of this program? Thanks for your help. We are launching a new design soon and plan to use your tool as it was very effective the last time. I would like to use this opportunity to clean things up a bit in my code. For instance, I have a fair amount of inline CSS styles that I would like to change to class or id names.

The problem I am having is that the < and > are returning syntax errors for me. If I try to replace style="margin: 1.5em;" with class="new_style" the script hangs after I return “y” for “Are these settings correct [y/n]”

Is there a better way to do this or is this beyond the scope of this program?

Thanks for your help.

]]> By: AskApache http://www.askapache.com/shellscript/search-and-replace-shell-script-helpful-for-upgrades.html#comment-71570 AskApache Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:08:31 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=1516#comment-71570 <p><strong>@ Mike the elder</strong></p> Hey Mike welcome back! You've missed an enormous amount of progress over the last few years, but I envy your experience.. thanks for stopping by and check out the update I created for you. @ Mike the elder

Hey Mike welcome back! You’ve missed an enormous amount of progress over the last few years, but I envy your experience.. thanks for stopping by and check out the update I created for you.

]]> By: Mike the Elder http://www.askapache.com/shellscript/search-and-replace-shell-script-helpful-for-upgrades.html#comment-71520 Mike the Elder Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:40:21 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=1516#comment-71520 Being a very old guy...i used to program when it was unix 3. I am trying to get back and learn some new stuff. Your site is very interesting even if i dont understand some of what you are doing :) Although i want to. This particular script would be very helpful to me if i could run it from a cron job. The web host i am using does not allow a shell account...but i can run some stuff from scripts via a cron job. Do you have a version that i can send arguments to via a cron. As i am just getting back into programming i am learning php but i dont remember much about shell scripting. Thanks for all you share...it make it very nice for us old newbies :) Being a very old guy…i used to program when it was unix 3. I am trying to get back and learn some new stuff. Your site is very interesting even if i dont understand some of what you are doing :) Although i want to. This particular script would be very helpful to me if i could run it from a cron job. The web host i am using does not allow a shell account…but i can run some stuff from scripts via a cron job. Do you have a version that i can send arguments to via a cron. As i am just getting back into programming i am learning php but i dont remember much about shell scripting. Thanks for all you share…it make it very nice for us old newbies :)

]]> By: AskApache http://www.askapache.com/shellscript/search-and-replace-shell-script-helpful-for-upgrades.html#comment-53522 AskApache Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:34:45 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=1516#comment-53522 <p><strong>@ Bill</strong></p> <p>Each shell/OS/sed version are unique.. To replace with nothing just leave the replacement blank. That tells <code>sed</code> to delete the text.</p> <p>As to special characters, unless you know your shell well I would recommend just typing the search and replace commands manually so you can see errors and what works.</p> @ Bill

Each shell/OS/sed version are unique.. To replace with nothing just leave the replacement blank. That tells sed to delete the text.

As to special characters, unless you know your shell well I would recommend just typing the search and replace commands manually so you can see errors and what works.

]]> By: Bill http://www.askapache.com/shellscript/search-and-replace-shell-script-helpful-for-upgrades.html#comment-51173 Bill Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:22:49 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=1516#comment-51173 Is there a way to search and replace for strings with, what I am assuming are, illegal characters? What I am trying to do is to replace an old string <pre> <!--#set var="variableName" value="variableValue" --> </pre> with nothing. Are there any tweaks or escape characters I should be throwing in there to make this happen? Is there a way to search and replace for strings with, what I am assuming are, illegal characters? What I am trying to do is to replace an old string

<!--#set var="variableName" value="variableValue" -->

with nothing.

Are there any tweaks or escape characters I should be throwing in there to make this happen?

]]> By: AskApache http://www.askapache.com/shellscript/search-and-replace-shell-script-helpful-for-upgrades.html#comment-47669 AskApache Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:08:44 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=1516#comment-47669 <p><strong>@ Bill</strong></p> <p>Great! I love finding what I'm looking for on the web, and I know it isn't an everyday occurrance.. especially with an off-the-beaten-path topic like a search-and-replace bash shell script.. and this script is really effective, Enjoy!</p> @ Bill

Great! I love finding what I’m looking for on the web, and I know it isn’t an everyday occurrance.. especially with an off-the-beaten-path topic like a search-and-replace bash shell script.. and this script is really effective, Enjoy!

]]> By: Bill http://www.askapache.com/shellscript/search-and-replace-shell-script-helpful-for-upgrades.html#comment-47655 Bill Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:46:23 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=1516#comment-47655 Wow! This is exactly what I was looking for in preparation of launching our new site. Thank you. Wow! This is exactly what I was looking for in preparation of launching our new site. Thank you.

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