rsed - a recursive version of sed

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rsed

This is a recursive version of sed. It also solves a few of the other limitations of sed, including:

* Easily see which files will be changed ahead of time
* Save original files - in case you need them later
* Test sed expressions easily

rsed [OPTIONS] [files]

      -c [current] search string
      -r [replacement] replacement string
      -t [directory] temporary directory
      -v verbose mode
      -q quiet mode
      -nf do not exit on failure
      -d delete files after operation is complete
      -nocolor turn color off

If -c is specified but -r is not the script performs a test run without modifying any of the files

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rsed examples

Here are some examples of how you can use the script:

rsed -c "^Tset"
    Find files that contain the regexp: ^Tset
    This does not change any of the files, it is considered a test run

rsed -c "^Tset" -r "Test"
    Replace the occurances of ^Tset with Test
    This modifies the file, and saves a copy of the original filename (by appending rsed to the filename)

rsed -c "^Tset" -r "Test" -d
    Replace the occurances of ^Tset with Test
    This modifies the file and deletes the original upon completion.

rsed -c "^Tset" -r "Test" -d -q -nocolor
    Replace the occurances of ^Tset with Test
    This modifies the file, deletes the original upon completion, runs in quiet mode, and displays no color

rsed -c "^Tset" -r "Test" -nf
    Replace the occurances of ^Tset with Test
    This modifies the file, creates a copy of the original, and it does not exit when it encounters a failure (such as not having the permission to modify a file).

last modified on April 30 of 2007