On 12/18/05, David Arnold <dwarnold45@cox.net> wrote:
> All,
>
> How would I use sed to erase %output=pdf from any file ending
> with .tex in the current directory and any subdirectories below it?

Delete the line containing %output=pdf:

$ find . -name "*.tex" | xargs sed -i '/%output=pdf/d'

Remove only text "output=pdf":

$ find . -name "*.tex" | xargs sed -i 's/%output=pdf/%/'

Try it with a test file before run over all your TeX files :)

HTH,

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