The replace in FileMan has a "Create .bak file" option. =) Also, you can change Aki's to:

perl -p -i.bak -e 's,match,replacement,g' `grep -l -r matchpattern *`

to keep a backup file.

Edit: I missed the word local. =) At least you still do have a backup though.

Cheers,

Alex
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