re

re is a super simple recursive search and replace tool. It traverses the current directory tree (including its subfolders) and replaces a search string in all files that it finds it in.

You can include and exclude files by extension.

Installation

Binaries can be found on the releases page. Alternatively, you can build it yourself by running go build (or make).

Usage

Syntax: re [options] SEARCH REPLACEMENT [DIR ...]

Options:
  -e string
    	Comma-separated list of excluded files, wildcards supported (default ".bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn")
  -f	Apply changes
  -i string
    	Comma-separated list of included files, wildcards supported, e.g "*.js,*.html,*index.*"

Examples

# Shows files that would have been replaced
$ re CacheDir ClipboardDir

# Replace CacheDir with ClipboardDir recursively
$ re -f CacheDir ClipboardDir

# Replace "Foo(Bar)" with "Foo(Baz)" recursively in all scala files
$ re -f -i "*.scala" "Foo(Bar)" "Foo(Baz)"  

License

Made by Philipp Heckel, distributed under the Apache License 2.0.