grunt-regex-replace

Grunt plugin to search and replace text content of files based on regular expression patterns

Getting Started

Install this grunt plugin next to your project's grunt.js gruntfile with:

npm install --save-dev grunt-regex-replace

Then add this line to your project's grunt.js gruntfile:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-regex-replace');

How to use

Here is a sample of the definition within the object passed to grunt.initConfig

Sample Code

"regex-replace": {
    foofoo: { //specify a target with any name
        src: ['foo/bar.js'],
        actions: [
            {
                name: 'bar',
                search: '(^|\\s)console.log',
                replace: '//console.log',
                flags: 'g'
            },{
                name: 'foo',
                search: 'var v = \'[^\']*\';',
                replace: 'var v = \'<%= pkg.release.version_code %>\';',
                flags: ''
            },{
               name: 'foobar',
               search: new RegExp('\\w+'),
               replace: function() {
               	    return 'foofoo';
               }
            },{
               name: 'baz',
               use: function(data) {
                 return data.sourceContent.length > 3;
               },
               search: 'abc',
               replace: 'abcde'
            }
        ]
    }
}

src property

Takes the path to the files relative to the grunt file, it accepts strings as well as an array of file paths. Also supports templates, e.g

src: 'customisation/*.js',
src: '**/*.js',
src: ['foo/bar.js','foo/foo.js'],
src: ['<%= pkg.id %>/bar.js', 'foo/foo.js']

dest property

Takes a file path string or an array of file paths that match the src paths. If a dest file is specified for the corresponding src file, the src file remains unchanged and the changes are applied to the dest file. e.g

bla.js will not be overwritten but foo.js will contain the new changes.

 {
    src: ['bla.js'],
    dest: 'foo.js'
 }

bla.js and foo.js will be affected as above. baz.js will be overwritten.

 {
    src: ['bla.js', 'baz.js'],
    dest: ['foo.js']
 }

bla.js and foo.js will be affected as above. baz.js will be ignored.

 {
    src: ['bla.js'],
    dest: ['foo.js', 'baz.js']
 }

actions property (array | function)

Accepts an array of objects or a function (which returns an array of objects) representing the actions to take place. Each action contains an optional name property, an optional use property, a search property, a replace property and an optional flags property. Here are some examples of the object.

{
    name: 'foo',
    use: function(data) {
      return data.file.indexOf('.skip') === -1 && data.sourceContent.indexOf('console.log') > -1;
    }, //also accepts a template string or any value
    search: '(^|\\s)console.log',
    replace: '//console.log',
    flags: 'gi'
}

{
    name: 'bar',
    search: /\\w+/g, //also accepts new RegExp()
    replace: function() {
        return 'foo';
    }
}

name property

A string value.

use property (function | template string | value)

Default: true

Used to determine whether the corresponding action should be executed or not. If set to true the action executes, if false it does not. Can also be a function which returns a value, a template string producing a value. It enables specifying the conditions for when actions are used.

An object with the following fields is passed in test function:

file - path to a file that is being processed;
sourceContent - source contents of the processed file;
updatedContent - contents of the file after previously applied actions;
action - object that is representing options of the current action;
task - reference to the corresponding task;
grunt - reference to grunt.

search property (regexp | substr)

A regular expression string or object defining the text content to be found.

replace property (substr | function)

A string / regular expression pattern or function to replace the text content. For the replace function, values that match the parenthesized substring matches are passed as arguments

    {
        search: new RegExp(/(\w+)\s(\w+)/),
        replace: function(arg1, arg2, ... argN) {
          // arg1 is the full string matched
          // arg2 is the first parenthesized substring match
          // argN is the Nth parenthesized substring match
        }
    }

See MDN Documentation for details on "using parenthesized substring matches."

flags property

Regular expressions options (ie gmi). If the flags property is not defined, and the search property is a string, it defaults to 'g'. To specify no options, set the flags to empty string (ie flags : ''). Note: Do not use the flags property if a regexp was used for the search property. Instead, use the flag(s) in your regex. ie: /^[a-z0-9_-]{6,18}$/g

debug log

specify --verbose as a command-line option to show detailed logs

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using grunt.

Release History

v0.3.0 - added new use property to actions, removed peerDependencies restrictions
v0.2.10 - add verbose logging
v0.2.9 - Clarification for regex flags usage
v0.2.7 - Support for passing a function to the action property, Updated documentation for using parenthesized substring matches
v0.2.6 - Support for file globbing patterns.
v0.2.5 - fix /bin not exist error
v0.2.4 - added name property, search property now supports regexp object, replace property now supports functions.
v0.2.3 - task format fixes for compatibilty with 0.4.0.
v0.2.2 - version fixes
v0.2.1 - Updated to support grunt 0.4.x
v0.1.2 - Changes to readme
v0.1.1 -
v0.1.0 - First Release