> A completely safe solution would be writing a small script:
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> #! /bin/sh
> exec sed s/old/new/ < "" > "".new
>
> and using find . -type f -name \*.htm -exec /path/to/script {} \;
> or find . -type f -name \*.htm -print0 | xargs -0 -L 1 -r /path/to/script

...-exec sh -c 'something with $1' {} \; is fully safe as well.


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almir