Initial revision.

changesex.sh

+#! /bin/sh
+
+#
+# Don't use a for loop, the number of files might exceed the
+# command-line limit.
+#
+# This script changes albert to alberta and ALBERT to ALBERTA
+# in _any_ regular file.
+#
+#
+
+ECHO=
+while test $# -gt 0 ; do
+    case $1 in
+	DRYRUN)
+	    set -x
+	    ECHO=echo
+	    ESC=\\
+	    ;;
+	REVERSE)
+	    REVERSE=1
+	    ;;
+	LIST)
+	    LIST=1
+	    ;;
+	*)
+	    echo "The arguments must be DRYRUN, REVERSE or LIST"
+	    exit 1
+	    ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+
+
+trap "rm -f /tmp/changesex.$$" 0
+
+if test -z "$REVERSE"; then
+    cat > /tmp/changesex.$$ <<EOF
+#! /bin/sh
+F=\$1
+if ! echo \$F|grep -iqs "/CVS/" && \\
+   ! grep -iqs alberta \$F && grep -iqs albert \$F ; then
+    echo "ALBERT -> ALBERTA in \$F"
+    if test -z "$LIST"; then
+	$ECHO sed -e 's/albert/alberta/g' -e 's/ALBERT/ALBERTA/g' \$F $ESC> \$F.new
+	$ECHO mv -f \$F.new \$F
+    fi
+fi
+EOF
+else
+    cat > /tmp/changesex.$$ <<EOF
+#! /bin/sh
+F=\$1
+if ! echo \$F|grep -iqs "/CVS/" && grep -iqs alberta \$F ; then
+    echo "ALBERTA -> ALBERT in \$F"
+    if test -z "$LIST"; then
+	$ECHO sed -e 's/alberta/albert/g' -e 's/ALBERTA/ALBERT/g' \$F $ESC> \$F.new
+	$ECHO mv -f \$F.new \$F
+    fi
+fi
+EOF
+fi
+chmod +x /tmp/changesex.$$
+
+find . \( -type f -a \! \( -name "*.new" -o -name ".*.new" \) \) -exec /tmp/changesex.$$ \{\} \;
+ 
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