search multiple php files, and replace text?

Question

i have several php files, and there's references to .html files in those.

I need to replace ".html" to ".php"

how can i do this in bash ?

You'll probably want to double-check the results of this. You wouldn't want, for example, an external link to another *.html file that's a legitimate link to be renamed to PHP. — John Feminella
– John Feminella, Commented Jan 2, 2010 at 2:43

R Samuel Klatchko · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-02 02:40:18Z

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for file in $(find . -name "*.php"); do
    sed "s/\.html/.php/g" $file > $$ && mv $$ $file
done

answered Jan 2, 2010 at 2:40

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eduffy · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-02 02:42:30Z

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find -name '*.php' -exec sed -ie 's:.html:.php:g' {} \;

answered Jan 2, 2010 at 2:42

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Dennis Williamson · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-02 02:49:58Z

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Try sed:

find -name "filenamepattern.php" -print0 | xargs -0 sed 's/\.html/\.php/g'

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answered Jan 2, 2010 at 2:39

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ghostdog74 · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-02 02:54:04Z

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GNU find

find /path -type f -iname '*.php' -exec sed -i.bak 's/\.html/\.php/g' {} +;

answered Jan 2, 2010 at 2:54

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