# replace-in-files-cli

**Repository Path**: sujunmin/replace-in-files-cli

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: replace-in-files-cli
- **Description**: Replace matching strings and regexes in files
- **Primary Language**: JavaScript
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-08-05
- **Last Updated**: 2022-02-11

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# replace-in-files-cli [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/sindresorhus/replace-in-files-cli.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/sindresorhus/replace-in-files-cli)

> Replace matching strings and regexes in files


## Install

```
$ npm install --global replace-in-files-cli
```


## Usage

```
$ replace-in-files --help

  Usage
    $ replace-in-files <files…>

  Options
    --regex           Regex pattern to find  (Can be set multiple times)
    --string          String to find  (Can be set multiple times)
    --replacement     Replacement string  (Required)
    --ignore-case     Search case-insensitively

  Examples
    $ replace-in-files --string='horse' --regex='unicorn|rainbow' --replacement='🦄' foo.md
    $ replace-in-files --regex='v\d+\.\d+\.\d+' --replacement=v$npm_package_version foo.css

  You can use the same replacement patterns as with `String#replace()`, like `$&`.
```

Real-world use-case: [Bumping version number in a file when publishing to npm](https://github.com/sindresorhus/modern-normalize/commit/c1d65e3f7daba2b695ccf837d2aef19d586d1ca6)