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in unix, and windows/dos, the Perl programming language has a command like "s/smith/jones" which is like "substitute all occurances of 'smith' with the word 'jones'". I think Word 97 will do this too a little, but one file at a time. Perl can just be fed file after file, so you'd have to make a little script that would for-next files into the substitute command, but i bet the windows version of perl is pretty friendly... borrow the 'camel' book by o'reilly for perl. I figure that windows visual basic business has this feature too. pretty timeless data crunching endeavor. unix has sed/awk also. i wonder if farmer's manual "fsck" is from the unix filesystem check command "fsck", or do I have the wrong acronym? <---idm content OST owes me money <---more contemporary-styled idm content solenoid On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Greg Clow wrote:

quoted 13 lines Does anyone know of a tool under UNIX, DOS or Windows that will go through

> > Does anyone know of a tool under UNIX, DOS or Windows that will go through > all of the text files in a directory and change a text string into another > text string? > > The reason I ask is because I don't feel like manually going through the > 100+ playlists on my website and changing all of my links to the Ninja > website from the old site to the new one. :) > > > Greg > >

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On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Solenoid wrote:

quoted 3 lines in unix, and windows/dos, the Perl programming language has a command like

> in unix, and windows/dos, the Perl programming language has a command like > "s/smith/jones" which is like "substitute all occurances of 'smith' with > the word 'jones'".

for the sake of overt geekiness, in perl i'd do "s/smith/jones/go" the go part means it only compiles the expression once and doesn't keep checking it. but a LOT of people know a LOT more about perl than me... but i could bust out a script to do exactly what the ninjas need in less than 10 lines :) Well, maybe..

quoted 2 lines i wonder if farmer's manual "fsck" is from the unix filesystem check

> i wonder if farmer's manual "fsck" is from the unix filesystem check > command "fsck", or do I have the wrong acronym? <---idm content

I always assumed it did stand for filesystem check. It would be cool if someone did a comp and called it "tar cv . &>/compilations/volume.1 &" (remember, you have to be root to use the tape drive) I always wanted to be in a industrial band called /dev/null (actually, that would be the ULTIMATE VANITY LICENSE PLATE, that or "RM RF U") I totally freaked when I saw the COMMODORE 64 program on the back of that BOCHUM WELT cd <---idm content(?) I love geeky cds. There should be more computer dork music. sync /sbin/shutdown -h now .Bil. IAMaCOPIER

On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Blag Jesus Sex Machine wrote:

quoted 5 lines I always assumed it did stand for filesystem check. It would be cool if

> I always assumed it did stand for filesystem check. It would be cool if > someone did a comp and called it "tar cv . &>/compilations/volume.1 &" > (remember, you have to be root to use the tape drive) I always wanted to > be in a industrial band called /dev/null (actually, that would be the > ULTIMATE VANITY LICENSE PLATE, that or "RM RF U")

and, may i add, the FM track on _chill out_: "971023fmvsjl01", "recorded on windows, edited on linux, mastered on macOS by farmersmanual and joe linschinger". i think there is an industrial band called /dev/null, actually.

quoted 2 lines I totally freaked when I saw the COMMODORE 64 program on the back of that

> I totally freaked when I saw the COMMODORE 64 program on the back of that > BOCHUM WELT cd <---idm content(?)

bochum welt is good for the geek factor.

quoted 1 line I love geeky cds. There should be more computer dork music.

> I love geeky cds. There should be more computer dork music.

right on! [^X] [Y] [D] [X] * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com #### a fortune cookie i ate 08/06/98 told me: "a girlfriend is a wine bottle. a wife is a bottle of wine."

In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.980904064644.2573A-100000@blackbox>, Blag Jesus Sex Machine <blag@gawth.com> writes

quoted 2 lines I totally freaked when I saw the COMMODORE 64 program on the back of that

>I totally freaked when I saw the COMMODORE 64 program on the back of that >BOCHUM WELT cd <---idm content(?)

<steps into *real* geek mode for a moment :) > Actually it's not CBM64 code...it's VIC-20 code...it doesn't work properly on the C64, the POKE codes for screen and border at the start are VIC-20 memory locations :) <steps out of geek mode......yeah right> -- Ben Coffer http://www.hybridgame.demon.co.uk/