Using Emacs to recursively find and replace in text files not already open
M-x find-name-dired: you will be prompted for a root directory and a filename pattern. Press t to “toggle mark” for all files found. Press Q for “Query-Replace in Files…”: you will be prompted for query/substitution regexps. Proceed as with query-replace-regexp: SPACE to replace and move to next match, n to skip a match, etc. Press … Read more