perl search replace on file

Snippet Written with a loving hand by kitt some time around 23:19 on 25 October 2009

Search and replace all instances of string in file on command line

perl -p -i -e 's/oldstring/newstring/g' *
 
perl -p -i -e 's/oldstring/newstring/g' `find ./ -name *.html`

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