Re: converting from php3 to php4

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, roy cabaniss wrote:

> I am in the process of converting from php3 to php4 and at the same time
> going from mysql to postgres.
>
> All the relevent files reside in
>
> ../foo/bar
>
> And the vast majority are in the form *.php3 with internal references to
> other webpages which (of course) are also in the form *.php3.
>
> What I need is something that can go into that particular sub directory and
> find every instance of php3 and make it php, both as a part of a file name
> and internally in the file.

Not really a PostgreSQL problem, but something quick in Perl could do
this:

<untested>

perl -pi.bak -e 's/php4/php/gi;' `find -name "*.php3"`

</untested>

will iterate over all files in the current directory and below named
*.php3. It iterates over every line in the file, subbing php for php3.

Followups to a Perl list, please.

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