Comments on: Handy Ruby Tool: multi-file Find/Replace http://blog.secosoft.net/2006/01/25/handy-ruby-tool-multi-file-findreplace/ Matt Secoske's intermittent ramblings on software and life Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:57:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Matt http://blog.secosoft.net/2006/01/25/handy-ruby-tool-multi-file-findreplace/#comment-1006 Matt Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:03:33 +0000 http://blog.secosoft.net/2006/01/25/handy-ruby-tool-multi-file-findreplace/#comment-1006 And today I found out that you can do this: - from comp.lang.ruby <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/6e1efc82537b15c2" rel="nofollow">[Linky]</a>: ruby -wpi.bak -e 'gsub!(/search/, "replace")' fileset Where fileset can be any number of things. I tried this command: ruby -wpi.bak -e 'gsub!(/class/, "claus!")' **/*.java Works! (well, you kinda have issues with your java code, but thats why you have the 'i.bak' in the command. This will save off every file before it is modified. And today I found out that you can do this:

- from comp.lang.ruby [Linky]:
ruby -wpi.bak -e ‘gsub!(/search/, “replace”)’ fileset

Where fileset can be any number of things. I tried this command: ruby -wpi.bak -e ‘gsub!(/class/, “claus!”)’ **/*.java

Works! (well, you kinda have issues with your java code, but thats why you have the ‘i.bak’ in the command. This will save off every file before it is modified.

]]> By: MikeH http://blog.secosoft.net/2006/01/25/handy-ruby-tool-multi-file-findreplace/#comment-681 MikeH Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:57:26 +0000 http://blog.secosoft.net/2006/01/25/handy-ruby-tool-multi-file-findreplace/#comment-681 Emacs with it's Dired interface will let you select the files you want to mass-edit and to a search and replace. See the link below and search for "A regexp": http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/emacs.html#Operating-on-Files It's time you stopped mucking with the commercial crap and use the One True Editor. :) Emacs with it’s Dired interface will let you select the files you want to mass-edit and to a search and replace.

See the link below and search for “A regexp”:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/emacs.html#Operating-on-Files

It’s time you stopped mucking with the commercial crap and use the One True Editor. :)

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