Replace a String in Multiple Files in Linux Using Grep and Sed

Office and Productivity

Windows apps	Linux apps	Description
Windows Update, Add/Remove programs	apt-get, Aptitude, portage, rpm, urpmi, yast, yum, Synaptic	Every Linux distribution has an infrastructure to manage installed software which is quite different from Windows. For instance, all updates are handled by a single program. See package management.
Google Desktop	Beagle, Recoll, Google Desktop	Desktop Search
Alcohol 120%, Discjuggler, Easy CD Creator, Nero Burning ROM	K3b, XCDRoast, more	CD burning
7-Zip, Winzip, Winrar	Karchiver, File Roller, ark, hjsplit; command line tools	Archivers
Notepad, Wordpad, TheGun, EditPlus, SciTE	KWrite, Kate, BlueFish, Gedit, Joe	Text Editors
WinMerge, SyncToy	Meld, Unison, Synkron, rSync	File synchronization
Daemon Tools	mount, GMount-ISO	ISO mounting
Norton Ghost	Partition Image, g4u, Mondo, dd	Disk imaging
Norton Partition Magic	QTparted, GParted	Disk partitioning
ActiveSync	SynCE	Synchronization with Windows Mobile devices
Veritas Backup Exec, Cobian Backup	UniSon, Veritas Netbackup, more	Backup
Outlook, Thunderbird + Lightning, Sunbird	Evolution, Kontact, BALSA, Thunderbird + Lightning, Sunbird	Personal information managers
chkdsk	fsck	check your file system (and the hard disk beneath it) for errors
Quicken, Microsoft Money, TurboTax	GnuCash, KMyMoney, jGnash, MoneyDance, Grisbi, PLCash, CrossOver Office with Quicken, lazy8ledger	Accounting
Disclib	gWhere	Disk cataloging programs
Microsoft Project Manager	Imendio Planner, Kplato, MOOS Project Viewer, MrProject, RationalPlan	Project management
Access, dBase, Foxpro, Paradox	Kexi, OOBase	Database
WinEdt, TeXnicCenter	Kile, Texmaker, LyX	LaTeX IDEs
Visio	Kivio, Dia	Diagramming
Excel, Lotus123, QuattroPro	OOCalc, Gnumeric, KSpread	Spreadsheet
PowerPoint	OOImpress, KPresenter	Presentation
Word	OOWriter, AbiWord, KWord, LaTeX	Word Processing
Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org	OpenOffice, KOffice, Siag Office	Office package
Filemon, Regmon	syscalltrack	system call tracking (file monitor & others)
WinRunner	xautomation	automating interactive applications
Disk Size Explorer	File Light, Konqueror	Disk usage analyzers