I'm trying to change a string in multiple text files (configurations migrated to other user). I used this command:

grep -iIlr "/home/user/.local" | xargs sed -i 's/\/home\/user\/\.local/~\/\.local/g'

also tried this:

grep -iIlr "/home/user/.local" | xargs -d '\n' sed -i "s/\/home\/user\/\.local/~\/\.local/g"

They don't work. Errors is produced by sed, the output of the command is:

sed: can't read dir/file1: No such file or directory
sed: can't read dir/file2: No such file or directory
...
sed: can't read dir/file99: No such file or directory

The error is produced for every file (99 in total). The dir/file1..99 returned is valid, it's the proper path and filename for the files.

grep alone produces the proper list of files. No special characters on file names, I think not spaces also (not fully certain about this). Isn't xargs passing a proper list?

OS: RHEL 8.10 fully updated,
GNU grep v 3.1,
GNU sed 4.5,
xargs (GNU findutils) 4.6.0

I'm trying to change a string in multiple text files (configurations migrated to other user). I used this command:

grep -iIlr "/home/user/.local" | xargs sed -i 's/\/home\/user\/\.local/~\/\.local/g'

also tried this:

grep -iIlr "/home/user/.local" | xargs -d '\n' sed -i "s/\/home\/user\/\.local/~\/\.local/g"

They don't work. Errors is produced by sed, the output of the command is:

sed: can't read dir/file1: No such file or directory
sed: can't read dir/file2: No such file or directory
...
sed: can't read dir/file99: No such file or directory

The error is produced for every file (99 in total). The dir/file1..99 returned is valid, it's the proper path and filename for the files.

grep alone produces the proper list of files. No special characters on file names, I think not spaces also (not fully certain about this). Isn't xargs passing a proper list?

OS: RHEL 8.10 fully updated,
GNU grep v 3.1,
GNU sed 4.5,
xargs (GNU findutils) 4.6.0

Adding the output (sample last lines) of grep -iIlr "/home/user/.local" command.

pwd, ~/.local/pipx

venvs/pipx/bin/pipx
venvs/pipx/bin/activate.fish
venvs/pipx/bin/activate-global-python-argcomplete
venvs/pipx/bin/activate.csh
venvs/pipx/pyvenv.cfg
venvs/pipx/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pipx_shared.pth
shared/bin/pip3.11
shared/bin/activate
shared/bin/pip3
shared/bin/pip
shared/bin/wheel
shared/bin/activate.fish
shared/bin/activate.csh
shared/pyvenv.cfg

I'm trying to change a string in multiple text files (configurations migrated to other user). I used this command:

grep -iIlr "/home/user/.local" | xargs sed -i 's/\/home\/user\/\.local/~\/\.local/g'

also tried this:

grep -iIlr "/home/user/.local" | xargs -d '\n' sed -i "s/\/home\/user\/\.local/~\/\.local/g"

They don't work. Errors is produced by sed,

sed: can't read {path/file which is valid}: No such file or directory

grep alone gives a decent list of files. No special characters on file names, I think not spaces also (not fully certain about this). Isn't xargs passing a proper list?

OS: RHEL 8.10 fully updated,
GNU grep v 3.1,
GNU sed 4.5,
xargs (GNU findutils) 4.6.0

I'm trying to change a string in multiple text files (configurations migrated to other user). I used this command:

grep -iIlr "/home/user/.local" | xargs sed -i 's/\/home\/user\/\.local/~\/\.local/g'

also tried this:

grep -iIlr "/home/user/.local" | xargs -d '\n' sed -i "s/\/home\/user\/\.local/~\/\.local/g"

They don't work. Errors is produced by sed, the output of the command is:

sed: can't read dir/file1: No such file or directory
sed: can't read dir/file2: No such file or directory
...
sed: can't read dir/file99: No such file or directory

The error is produced for every file (99 in total). The dir/file1..99 returned is valid, it's the proper path and filename for the files.

grep alone produces the proper list of files. No special characters on file names, I think not spaces also (not fully certain about this). Isn't xargs passing a proper list?

OS: RHEL 8.10 fully updated,
GNU grep v 3.1,
GNU sed 4.5,
xargs (GNU findutils) 4.6.0