BulkReplacer

Boss: I got a small task for you. Can you change the word from "cat" to "dog" in this file? You: Sure, send me the file. Boss: (Emails 871 files) You: 😳 😳 😳 😳 Boss: Due end of day. thanks! You: (Frantically looks at tools online) - grep -ril 'search' | xargs sed -i 's/search/replace/g' 🤯 - apps built in the 90's 🤦‍♀️ - complicated apps with 97361 buttons 😖 Boss: (5min later) almost done? You: yes? (starts opening each file and replacing it manually) ...5 hours later You: Hey boss, it's done. I replaced it all with "dog" Boss: Did You Get the Memo? You: What? Boss: I got a new task for you. Can you change the word from "dog" to "doggo"? I'll send you a few more files. You: 💩

I never had issue with sed for the record you dont need grep sed does what grep does already find . -name "*.docx" -exec sed 's/cat/dog/g' -i.bkp {} \; will do the trick I seriously dont see an easier way especially one requires me to leave my terminal and open a gui app