ned — Like `grep` but with powerful replace capabilities. Unlike `sed`, as it isn't restricted to line ori

How to use the ned command: Like grep but with powerful replace capabilities. Unlike sed, as it isn't restricted to line oriented editing. More information: <https://github.com/nevdelap/ned#ned-usage>.

ned — Like grep but with powerful replace capabilities. Unlike sed, as it isn't restricted to line oriented editing. More information: <https://github.com/nevdelap/ned#ned-usage>.

Recursively search starting in the current directory, ignoring case:

ned {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} {{[-R|--recursive]}} '{{^[dl]og}}' {{.}}

Search always showing colored output:

ned --colors '{{^[dl]og}}' {{.}}

Search never showing colored output:

ned --colors never '{{^[dl]og}}' {{.}}

Search ignoring certain files:

ned {{[-R|--recursive]}} --exclude '{{*.htm}}' '{{^[dl]og}}' {{.}}

Simple replace:

ned '{{dog}}' {{[-r|--replace]}} '{{cat}}' {{.}}

Replace using numbered group references:

ned '{{the ([a-z]+) dog and the ([a-z]+) dog}}' {{[-r|--replace]}} '{{the $2 dog and the $1 dog}}' {{.}}

Replace changing case:

ned '{{([a-z]+) dog}}' --case-replacements {{[-r|--replace]}} '{{\U$1\E! dog}}' --stdout {{.}}

Preview results of a find and replace without updating the target files:

ned '{{^[sb]ad}}' {{[-r|--replace]}} '{{happy}}' --stdout {{.}}

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