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rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1482 / 2 Years ago, thu, june 9, 2022, 11:27:15

is there a tool that can help me to batch edit text files in a certain folder?

I need to delete or insert snippets repeatedly in lots of html files and restructure them.

Thanks in advance!

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answered 2 Years ago tusmuumu · Accepted Answer

As Julian showed, sed is the right tool for that.

I just want to add two remarks:

you can process multiple files at once, just by providing list of files:

sed -i.bak 's/old text/new text/' dir1/*.html dir2/*.html

Also, if you need to work with some Snippets manually, you can enable Snippets plugin in gedit:

Edit -> Preferences -> Plugins -> Snippets. You might find it handy.