replaceall.sh

replaceall.sh is a command-line script for replacing text in multiple files using either rg (ripgrep) and sed.

Prerequisites

This script requires rg (version 0.8.0 or later) and sed to be installed on your system. To install rg on Ubuntu or Debian, you can use the following command:

sudo apt-get install ripgrep

To install rg on macOS using Homebrew, you can use the following command:

brew install ripgrep

Usage

The syntax for using replaceall.sh is as follows:

./replaceall.sh old_string new_string [options] [glob]

where:

• old_string: the text to be replaced
• new_string: the replacement text
• options (optional): any additional options to be passed to rg and sed
• glob (optional): a file glob to limit the files to be processed (defaults to *)

Options

• -h, --help: Show the help message and exit
• -w, --word-regexp: Use whole-word matching

Examples

# Replace all occurrences of "foo" with "bar" in all files under the current directory
./replaceall.sh foo bar

# Replace all occurrences of "foo" with "bar" in all JavaScript files under the current directory
./replaceall.sh foo bar '**/*.js'

# Replace all occurrences of "foo" with "bar" in all files under the current directory, using whole-word matching
./replaceall.sh foo bar -w

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue. If you'd like to contribute code, please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/my-new-feature)
3. Make your changes and commit them (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push your changes to your fork (git push origin feature/my-new-feature)
5. Create a new pull request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.