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only want to match files

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find . -name "*.css" -exec sed -ier 's/#(FF0000|F00)\b/#0F0/' {} \;

Gasp! Wait a minute, I just searched for both ways to specify red and replaced it with green in my CSS!! How long would that have taken otherwise? Do you see now how you can code faster by automating it and combining powerful tools? Let’s look at some other cool search options find has to offer:

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-exec

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changed in the last 1 day

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larger than 1 Mb

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newer than main.css

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