find-repl

find-repl

Find and replace text in your project files ✍️

• does not modify files that git is ignoring
• will replace all instances in a file, not just the first
• supports regex in both CLI and API
• can pass in a glob to scope the files to be searched/modified
• zero dependencies, tiny footprint

Install

This package is available from the npm registry.

npm install find-repl

Usage (CLI)

When running directly from the CLI, run with npx find-repl.

USAGE:
  find-repl \
    string-to-search-for \ # (or regex:/js-regex-to-search-for/i)
    string-to-replace-with \
    [glob-of-files-to-search-in] # (optional; default all files known to git)

EXAMPLES:
  find-repl string-to-find string-to-replace-with '**/file-matcher-glob.ts'
  find-repl regex:\/\\bfoo\\b\/ bar

API

Supports JavaScript + TypeScript:

import { findRepl } from "find-repl";

await findRepl(/\bLorem\s+ipsum\b/, "Loremus ipsumus", "**/*.md");

Can also be imported via require("find-repl").

Contributing

GitHub issues / PRs welcome.

Dev environment requires:

• node >= 16.14.0
• npm >= 6.8.0
• git >= 2.11

Licence

Apache-2.0