No standard output on screen... just hit and boom. So, by the rule of the thumb first create a backup and then execute or try to execute on some dummy files first.
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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replace 'word' 'another word' -- *
From the man page: NAME replace - a string-replacement utility SYNOPSIS replace arguments DESCRIPTION The replace utility program changes strings in place in files or on the standard input. Invoke replace in one of the following ways:replace from to [from to] ... -- file [file] ...
replace from to [from to] ... < file