Find and Replace Colours in CSS Files from Command Line

Question

I have a load of CSS files in a folder and I want to be able to find and replace different values in all of these files in one go from the command line.

So, for example, if I wanted to replace colour #dadce4 with #ececec can this easily be done with a single command?

Just to be clear, I'm looking for something that will make the changes to all files within a directory and any sub directories without having to specify a file name.

• Ipor Sircer: Use sed

Answer 1

You can use sed to find and replace text example : sed -i 's/dadce4/ececec/g' file.css The g at the end means that it will replace all colours in the file!, not just first occurrence.

• caned_monkey: Thanks but I'm looking for something that will make the changes to all files within a directory and any sub directories without having to specify a file name.
• AsenM: You can just pipe all the files you want

Answer 2

Run the following command to achieve the desired result.

awk '{gsub("dadce4","ececec",0ドル);print 0ドル}' filename >>output file

• caned_monkey: Thanks but I'm looking for something that will make the changes to all files within a directory and any sub directories without having to specify a file name.
• Praveen Kumar BS: Use Below command it will works . Worked fine for me Find maindirectorypath/* -type f -exec sed -i "s/dadce4/ececec/g" {} \
• Praveen Kumar BS: @caned_monkey Kindly vote for my answer if its working
• caned_monkey: I've voted for your answer but because I'm a new user it wont change the visible score.