sed - Change PHP tags with shell command -

sed - Change PHP tags with shell command -

my problem this: seek alter tags (<? <php?) in several scripts next command:

find . -name "*.php" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i -e 's/<? /<?php /g'

the problem if have label <?echo'ble bla..'; ignores , not change. recommend doing?

you utilize next sed command:

find -type f -name "*.php" -exec sed -i ':a;n;$!ba;s/<?\([ \n]\|echo\)/<?php \1/g' {} \;

it matching either space or newline or term echo after <? , replaces <?php<match_found>

note don't need xargs call. can utilize find's -exec option. -e alternative sed not necessary long using single expression. -type criteria should before -name option. otherwise find throw warning.

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