v1.1.2

find-replace

A fast find & replace shell command.

Usage

Recursively find and replace the string alpha with beta in both file names and file contents:

$ find-replace alpha beta
Rewriting ./hello-world
Renaming ./alphabet to betabet

• Files with matching contents in the current working directory are atomically rewritten.
• Files and directories are renamed.
• Searches are performed recursively from the current working directory.
• Searches are case sensitive.
• .git/ directories are skipped.
• Binary files are ignored.

Goal

The goal of this project is to improve on a bash snippet that I've relied on for years, by making it faster. The bash:

#!/bin/bash
set -ex
find . -type f -not -path './.git/*' -exec sed -i "s/$1/$2/g" '{}' \;
find . -iname "*$1*" -not -path "./.git/*" -exec rename "$1" "$2" '{}' \;

v1.1.1

find-replace

A fast find & replace shell command.

Usage

Recursively find and replace the string alpha with beta in both file names and file contents:

$ find-replace alpha beta
Rewriting ./hello-world
Renaming ./alphabet to betabet

• Searches are performed recursively from the current working directory.
• Searches are case sensitive.
• .git/ directories are skipped.
• Binary files are ignored.

Goal

The goal of this project is to improve on a bash snippet that I've relied on for years, by making it faster. The bash:

#!/bin/bash
set -ex
find . -type f -not -path './.git/*' -exec sed -i "s/$1/$2/g" '{}' \;
find . -iname "*$1*" -not -path "./.git/*" -exec rename "$1" "$2" '{}' \;

v1.0.4

find-replace

A fast find & replace shell command.

Usage

Recursively find and replace the string alpha with beta in both file names and file contents:

$ find-replace alpha beta
Rewriting ./hello-world
Renaming ./alphabet to betabet

• Searches are performed recursively from the current working directory.
• Searches are case sensitive.
• .git/ directories are skipped.
• File types are ignored.

Goal

The goal of this project is to improve on a bash snippet that I've relied on for years, by making it faster. The bash:

#!/bin/bash
set -ex
find . -type f -not -path './.git/*' -exec sed -i "s/$1/$2/g" '{}' \;
find . -iname "*$1*" -not -path "./.git/*" -exec rename "$1" "$2" '{}' \;