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Use Terminal for Batch Find and Replace

If you want to replace text in multiple text-based files (like .txt, .csv, .html, .md), you can use sed in the Terminal:

1. Open Terminal.

2. Navigate to the folder where your documents are located:

3. Run the following command:

Replace oldWord with the word you want to change.

Replace newWord with the new word.

Change *.html to the correct file extension (e.g., .md, .csv).

If the files are Word (.docx), you’ll need to convert them to plain text or use a Word macro.