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updatelinks.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if a directory argument was provided
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <directory>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+SEARCH_DIR="$1"
+
+# Validate that the directory exists
+if [ ! -d "$SEARCH_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Directory '$SEARCH_DIR' does not exist"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Starting search and replace in directory: $SEARCH_DIR"
+
+# Function to process a file
+process_file() {
+    local file="$1"
+    echo "Processing file: $file"
+    
+    # Create a backup of the original file
+    cp "$file" "${file}.bak"
+    
+    # Use sed to perform the replacements
+    # For three-item pattern: [text1', 'text2', 'text3] -> [[text1]], [[text2]], [[text3]]
+    sed -i -E 's/\[(([^,'\'']*)[^,]*'\''[[:space:]]*,[[:space:]]*'\''([^,'\'']*)[^,]*'\''[[:space:]]*,[[:space:]]*'\''([^,'\'']*)[^]]*)\]/[[\2]], [[\3]], [[\4]]/g' "$file"
+    
+    # For two-item pattern: [text1', 'text2] -> [[text1]], [[text2]]
+    sed -i -E 's/\[(([^,'\'']*)[^,]*'\''[[:space:]]*,[[:space:]]*'\''([^,'\'']*)[^]]*)\]/[[\2]], [[\3]]/g' "$file"
+    
+    # Check if any changes were made
+    if cmp -s "$file" "${file}.bak"; then
+        echo "  No changes made to $file"
+        rm "${file}.bak"
+    else
+        echo "  Updated $file"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Find all text files recursively and process them
+find "$SEARCH_DIR" -type f -not -path "*/\.*" | while read -r file; do
+    # Check if file contains the pattern before processing
+    if grep -q "\[.*'.*,.*'.*\]" "$file" 2>/dev/null; then
+        process_file "$file"
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "Search and replace operation completed"