NAME

replace - substitutes text

Use perls regular expressions on a list of files.

SYNOPSIS

Example:

replace --search 'foo' --replace 'bar' --recurse --log *

DESCRIPTION

Replace is a utility to substitute text in a bunch of files. It is used also to demonstrate the use of perl module Startup. You can use perls regular expressions as search and replace strings.

usage: $PROGNAME {--option [arg]} file(s)

search     s  search pattern
replace    s  replace pattern
mode       s  substitute mode (i=ignore case, g=global) default g
log           write a logfile
gimmick       replace pattern shall be "gimmicked"
src_base   s  Regard this as start directory in relative mode
dest_base  s  Store output files based at this directory
from_stdin    Take input from stdin
to_stdout     Write output to stdout
filemode   s  New files get access mode s (default 0600)
dirmode    s  New directories get access mode s (default 0700)
overwrite     Overwrite existing files
recurse       Operate recursively on directories
relative      Store files relatively to destdir when in recurse mode
suffix     s  Give output files this suffix

SEE ALSO

Startup

AUTHOR

Martin Schwartz <schwartz@cs.tu-berlin.de>.