Batch script to replace PHP short open tags with <?php

Question

I have a large collection of php files written over the years and I need to properly replace all the short open tags into proper explicit open tags.

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Answer 1

Unfortunately, automated solutions may not work. My recommendation:

1) Use grep to find all short tags:

grep -rn "

2) Go through each file and line and fix manually

I understand that this might not be a viable solution if you have a huge project, but for me it worked well.