DESCRIPTION

Command line tool to replace strings and chunk of bytes in files.

Features

• Fast replacement.
• Handle huge files.
• Replaces recursively in folders.
• Accepts regular expressions patterns for search.
• Replaces bytes by using their hexadecimal value.
• Converts end lines into Unix, DOS/Windows and Mac OS formats.
• Converts tabs to spaces and remove trailing spaces.

USAGE

$ sr [OPTION]... SEARCH REPLACE FILE...

Replace string SEARCH by string REPLACE into the specified file(s).

Use --help option for full options description.

$ sr --help

Examples

$ sr Hello Salut hello.txt
Replace strings "Hello" by "Salut" in file hello.txt

$ sr Hello '' .
Recursively delete "Hello" strings all files in the current directory

$ sr -d Hello '' .
Simulate (dry-run mode) the recursive deletion of strings "Hello" in all files in the current directory

$ sr -e '[hH]ello' Salut hello.txt
Replace strings that match regular expression "[hH]ello" by "Salut" in file hello.txt

$ sr -U hello.txt
Set file hello.txt endlines into Unix format

BUILD

Requires cmake and make.

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make

Dynamic libraries dependencies

• libboost_system.so
• libboost_chrono.so
• libboost_filesystem.so
• libboost_program_options.so
• libboost_regex.so