Tag Archives: linux
find & sed: find and replace on the command line
Since using vim, I sometimes miss the great find and replace that TextMate offers, but fear not: find and sed fill the gap quite nicely: find . -type f -exec sed -i ‘s/search/replace/g’ ‘{}’ \; To make sure your find … Continue reading
Updating the locate database on OSX
locate is a very handy command to find files on the system. It is much faster than find since it keeps a database of all the system files. This database is periodically updated, but if you want to update it … Continue reading