docx-replace

Replace words inside docx documents using python-docx module.

Installation

Use pip and install the program by url using release page:

$ pip install https://github.com/cvlabmiet/docx-replace/archive/v0.1.2.zip

On NixOS (latest version):

$ nix-env -if https://api.github.com/repos/cvlabmiet/docx-replace/tarball/master

Usage

The program docx-replace has convenient command line interface, provided by argparse python module:

$ docx-replace --help
usage: docx-replace [-h] --output OUTPUT --pattern PATTERN [PATTERN ...] docx

Replace text in docx. Use some complex text like "<[%MyText%]>", to guarantee
the replacement

positional arguments:
  docx                  the source docx file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
                        output file
  --pattern PATTERN [PATTERN ...], -p PATTERN [PATTERN ...]
                        patterns by format "pattern='some text'"

Also it has --version flag to check the installed program version:

docx-replace 0.1.2

The program will replace all occurrence of "pattern" inside docx file. Patterns are passed as expressions like "pattern=replecement_text".