NodeExp (Node.js Regular Expressions)
A simple command line tool for replacing text in files using regular expressions.
Requirements
- Node.js
- yarn
Installation
npx @rsxlv/nodeexp
npm install @rsxlv/nodeexp
yarn add @rsxlv/nodeexp
Usage
The tool can be run by executing the following command in the terminal:
./npx <regexp> <replace> <files...>
where <regexp> is the regular expression pattern to match, <replace> is the text to replace the matches with, and <files...> is a list of file paths to process.
Examples
npx @rsxlv/nodeexp "world" "universe" file1.txt file2.txt
This command will replace all occurrences of "world" with "universe" in the files file1.txt and file2.txt.
As a library
To import the replaceInFiles function from this project, you can use the following syntax:
import { replaceInFiles } from "@rsxlv/nodeexp/dist";
replaceInFiles(regexp, newString, files);