chmln/sd
Sd
sd is a command line text manipulation utility designed for searching and replacing text patterns across multiple files. It functions as a regex-based find and replace tool that allows for in-place file editing directly from the terminal.
The project supports both regular expression replacements, including the use of capture groups for complex transformations, and fixed string replacement for literal text substitutions. It specifically handles multi-line text replacement by processing file contents as single blocks to match patterns that span across newline characters.
The tool provides capabilities for bulk file content updates and a buffered change preview to review modifications before they are committed to the filesystem.
Features
- Regex Pattern Matching - Uses regular expressions and capture groups to identify and replace text sequences across files.
- File Content Manipulators - Edits file contents in-place through string replacement and pattern matching.
- Multi-Line Pattern Matching - Treats input as a single block to match patterns and newlines spanning multiple lines.
- Terminal-Based Text Editing - Allows modifying text within files directly from the terminal using search and replace patterns.
- Text Search and Replace - Searches for strings or regular expressions within files and replaces them with new text.
- Multi-Line Replacements - Searches for and replaces blocks of text that span across multiple lines within a file.
- Bulk File Content Updates - Enables updating specific strings or patterns across multiple files simultaneously.
- Command Line Interfaces - Implements a terminal-driven interface for executing search and replace operations.
- In-Place File Mutators - Modifies source files directly on disk after processing text replacements.
- Cross-Line Buffer Processing - Handles multi-line text replacement by loading file contents into a single block to match across newlines.
- Multi-Line Text Manipulation Tools - Provides a utility for finding and replacing text patterns that span across multiple lines.
- Regular Expression Search and Replace - A command line tool for searching and replacing text patterns using regular expressions across multiple files.
- Fixed String Substitutions - Performs literal find-and-replace by treating all characters as plain text.
- Literal String Replacers - Performs literal text substitutions without the need for regular expression parsing.
- Literal Match Modes - Supports fixed string replacement by treating all input characters as literal text.
- Refactoring Search Tools - Facilitates complex text transformations and project-wide refactoring using regular expressions and capture groups.
- Text Edit Previews - Provides a buffered preview of text changes to review modifications before committing them to files.
- Text Processing and Search - Intuitive and fast alternative for find and replace operations.
- sed - Listed in the “sed” section of the Awesome Alternatives In Rust awesome list.
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