Using Emacs to recursively find and replace in text files not already open

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  1. M-x find-name-dired: you will be prompted for a root directory and a filename pattern.
  2. Press t to “toggle mark” for all files found.
  3. Press Q for “Query-Replace in Files…”: you will be prompted for query/substitution regexps.
  4. Proceed as with query-replace-regexp: SPACE to replace and move to next match, n to skip a match, etc.
  5. Press C-x s to save buffers. (You can then press y for yes, n for no, or ! for yes for all)

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