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Asked: May 15, 20262026-05-15T16:12:55+00:00 2026-05-15T16:12:55+00:00

I want to replace ‘localhost’ with an actual ip like ‘1.1.1.1’ in every file

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I want to replace ‘localhost’ with an actual ip like ‘1.1.1.1’ in every file in a directory including subfolders, plus I want it to log the filenames it changed. I’m having a difficult time doing this, what command should I use?

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    2026-05-15T16:12:56+00:00Added an answer on May 15, 2026 at 4:12 pm
    grep -r --files-with-matches localhost *|tee changed_files|xargs sed -i 's/localhost/1.1.1.1/g'
    

    The files changed will be logged to changed_files.

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