I'm using this quickly put-together shell script called replace
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Function to escape special characters for sed
escape_sed_string() {
printf '%s\n' "$1" | gsed -e 's/[]\/$*.^[]/\\&/g'
}
help() {
gum style --foreground cyan --italic "\
Usage (everything optional, you will be prompted):\n\
$0\n\
--ext .js --ext .ts\n\
--from \"source string\"\n\
--to \"replacement string\"\n\
--dir somePath"
}
# Parse command line arguments
while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
case $1 in
-h)
help
exit 0
;;
--help)
help
exit 0
;;
--ext) EXTENSIONS+=("$2"); shift ;;
--from) REPLACE_FROM="$2"; shift ;;
--to) REPLACE_TO="$2"; shift ;;
--dir) DIRECTORY="$2"; shift ;;
*) gum style --foreground red --bold "Unknown parameter: $1"; exit 1 ;;
esac
shift
done
# Check for missing parameters and prompt using gum
if [ -z "${EXTENSIONS+set}" ]; then
EXTENSIONS=($(gum choose \
--no-limit \
--selected .ts,.mts,.tsx,.vue,.js,.cjs,.mjs \
.ts .mts .tsx .vue .js .cjs .mjs .txt .md .html .json))
fi
# Exit if no extension is selected
if [ ${#EXTENSIONS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
gum style --foreground red --bold " Error: No extensions selected. Exiting."
exit 1
fi
if [ -z "${REPLACE_FROM+set}" ]; then
REPLACE_FROM=$(gum input --placeholder "Search string:")
if [ -z "${REPLACE_FROM}" ]; then
echo "No replace from string, exiting"
exit 1
fi
fi
if [ -z "${REPLACE_TO+set}" ]; then
REPLACE_TO=$(gum input --placeholder "Replace string:")
fi
if [ -z "${DIRECTORY+set}" ]; then
DIRECTORY="."
fi
# Escape strings for sed
ESCAPED_FROM=$(escape_sed_string "$REPLACE_FROM")
ESCAPED_TO=$(escape_sed_string "$REPLACE_TO")
# Run the replacement
for ext in "${EXTENSIONS[@]}"; do
gum style --foreground blue " Replacing ${ext} files..."
find "$DIRECTORY" -type f -name "*$ext" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" -exec gsed -i "s/$ESCAPED_FROM/$ESCAPED_TO/g" {} \;
done
gum style --foreground green --bold " Replacement complete."
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