Shell Script To Recursively Find Files With The Same Name And Replace Text Within Each Of Them

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        This shell script recursively finds files with the same name and replaces text within each of them

FILE="filename.txt"
FIND="old text"
REPLACE="new text"
find . -name $FILE -print0 | xargs -0p perl -pi -w -e "s/$FIND/$REPLACE/g;"

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• find
• replace
• shell