A script to change strings in the whole source tree. Use with care!

scripts/change-string.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# author: J. Baten
+# date: 2014-03-21
+
+echo "Script to search for a string, find files containing it, and asks they can be changed"
+
+read -p "Enter string to search for : " inputstring
+find . -type f \( ! -iname "*.class" \) -exec grep -H "$inputstring" {} \;
+echo "Done".
+read -p "Do you want to replace all these strings (y/n) : " answer
+if [[ ${answer,,} = 'y' ]]
+then
+  read -p "Enter replacement string : " newstring
+  find .  -type f \( ! -iname "*.class" \) -exec grep -l "$inputstring" {} \; | xargs sed -i -e "s/${inputstring}/${newstring}/g"
+  echo "Done".
+fi