#!/bin/bash original=(a b c d) replacement=(w x y z) # Test that we have both arguments if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo Usage: replace_words ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT exit fi for ((i=0;i<1;i++)); do orig=${original[$i]} repl=${replacement[$i]} echo $orig to $repl for filename in `find $1 -name '*.[ch]'` do sed -i -e "s/$orig/$repl/g" $filename done done