FR - find and replace

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fr - Find and Replace in files
Version: 0.1.0

Features

• Find and replace text in files
• Find and replace text in files with regex recursively
• Find and replace text in files with specific extensions

Upcoming features

• Ability to target by filename
• Ability to exclude directories
• Ability to exclude files with specific extensions/names
• Ability to install with package managers
• Use rust tools if available
• Ability to use multiple find and replace patterns

Installation

git clone https://github.com/elliot40404/fr
cd fr
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

sudo curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elliot40404/fr/master/install.sh | bash

sudo wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elliot40404/fr/master/install.sh | bash

Usage

fr [directory]* [pattern]* [new_value]* [extension] [deep]

* = Required argument

Argument Description Required Default

first argument [directory] The directory to search in yes none

second argument [pattern] The pattern to search for yes none

third argument [new_value] The new value to replace the pattern with yes none

-e, --extension files with extension to search for no All files

-d, --deep Whether to search in subdirectories no false

-h, --help Print help menu

Examples

Replace foo with bar in all files in the current directory:

fr . "foo" "bar"

Replace foo with bar in all files in the test directory:

fr test/ "foo" "bar"

Replace foo with bar in all javascript files in the test directory:

fr test/ "foo" "bar" -e js

Replace foo with bar in all files in the test directory and its subdirectories:

fr test/ "foo" "bar" -d

Replace foo with bar in all javascript files in the test directory and its subdirectories:

fr test/ "foo" "bar" -e js -d

License