#!/bin/sh for n in `find * -name "*.c"` `find * -name "*.h"` `find * -name "*.am"` `find * -name "*.conf"` `find * -name "*.conf.in"` do cat $n | sed -e "s/$1/$2/g" > $n.new mv $n.new $n || echo "Move failed: $n.new to $n" done