How to edit multiple files with a particular extension using the shell and sed?

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I need to update several files with a particular extension within a directory. A term should be replaced by another one. It is important that even files in subdirectories are inculuded in the changing process. How can i manage to achieve that using sed? Can anyone help?

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1	You can combine find and sed to search and replace through multiple files: `find . -name ".html" -type f -exec sed -i -e "s/SearchTerm/ReplaceTerm/g" {} \;` link answered 17 May '11, 05:18* paul 86●3 accept rate: 16% edited 17 May '11, 05:19

How to edit multiple files with a particular extension using the shell and sed?

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