The fastest (see benchmarks) CLI & Node wrapper around javascript replace which allows on-the-fly replacing (with or without changing input files), globbing, piping and many more!
- 📜 Installation
- 📚 Node API
- ⌨️ CLI API
- 🔎 Example usage
- 1. Replace all
a
occurences withb
from givenfoo.js
file and return result / write result to the console - 2. Replace all
a
occurences withb
from givenfoo.js
and save result to thefoo_replaced.js
- 3. Replace all
a
occurences withb
from given array of files and save result to thefoo_replaced.js
using default\n
as result-joining string - 4. Replace all
a
occurences withb
from all.js
files infoo
directory and save result to thefoo_replaced.js
using\n/////\n
as result-joining string - 5. Replace all
a
occurences withb
in given content stringabcd
and save result to thefoo_replaced.js
- 6. Replace all
a
occurences withb
from piped stream and save it to the output file - 7. Replace all
a
occurences withb
from piped stream and pass it throughstdout
stream to the<next-command>
- 8. Both pipe & options styles can be mixed together, here - getting input from
-i
argument and passing output down the stream to the<next-command>
- 1. Replace all
- 📈 Benchmarks
yarn add @frsource/frs-replace
or
npm install @frsource/frs-replace
or download
zipped from @frsource/frs-replace
releases
@frsource/frs-replace package provides 2 methods: for synchronous or for asynchronous (with promise and ES6 async
/await
syntax support) usage:
const FRSReplace = require('@frsource/frs-replace');
// or
import * as FRSReplace from '@frsource/frs-replace';
FRSReplace.sync({/* options */})
FRSReplace.async({/* options */})
// you might also want to import methods separately (e.g. import only one of them):
const FRSReplaceSync = require('@frsource/frs-replace/sync');
const FRSReplaceAsync = require('@frsource/frs-replace/async');
// or
import { sync, async } from '@frsource/frs-replace';
Where /* options */
is an object containing:
Note: remember that you need to provide some input for @frsource/frs-replace to work, so one of parameters: input or content is required
Option | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
input | string or string[] | undefined | Path to files or fast-glob pattern pointing to files to be read & replaced from. If multiple files specified results will be joined using outputJoinString option's value) |
inputReadOptions | string or object | utf8 | Options which are passed directly to the readFileSync method when reading input file |
inputGlobOptions | object | undefined | Options which are passed directly to the fast-glob package when resolving glob patterns |
content | string | undefined | Content to be replaced (takes precedence over file input) |
strategy | "join" or "flatten" or "preserve-structure" | "join" | Output file generation strategy. "join" - joins all input files and outputs them as a single file using path passed as: "output". "preserve-structure" - saves all files to the "output" directory keeping relative directory structure."flatten" - same as "preserve-structure" but flattens the directory structure |
needle | string or RegExp Object | - | Used as a first argument of javascript replace |
replacement | string | - | Passed as a second argument to javascript replace |
output | string | undefined | Path of an output file |
outputWriteOptions | string or object | "utf8" | Passed as options argument of write's .sync |
outputJoinString | string | \n | String used when joining multiple files, passed directly to javascript join |
frs-replace <regex> <replacement> [options]
Option | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
<regex> | string | First parameter to RegExp constructor |
<replacement> | string | String or path to replacement function file (see ‑‑replace‑fn switch for details) |
Note: Every boolean option can be negated with use of
--no-
prefix, e.g.--stdout
or--no-stdout
turn stdout output on or off, respectively.
Note: Object types can be set using dot notation. So, e.g. if you want to pass
utf8
value underi-read-opts
encoding
field you should write--i-read-opts.encoding utf8
.
Option | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
‑i, ‑‑input | string or string[] | - | Path to files or fast-glob pattern pointing to files to be read & replaced from. If multiple files specified results will be joined using outputJoinString option's value) |
‑‑i-read-opts | string or object | utf8 | Options which are passed directly to the readFileSync method when reading input file |
‑‑i-glob-opts | object | undefined | Options which are passed directly to the fast-glob package when resolving glob patterns |
‑‑stdin | boolean | true | Wait for stdin input (should be set to false when used in non-interactive terminals) |
‑o, ‑‑output | string | - | Output file name/path (replaces the file if it already exists and creates any intermediate directories if they don't already exist) |
‑‑o-write-opts | string or object | utf8 | Passed as options argument of write's .sync |
‑‑o-join-str | string | \n | Used when joining multiple files, passed directly to javascript join |
‑c, ‑‑content | string | - | Content to be replaced (takes precedence over stream & file input) |
‑s, ‑‑strategy | "join" or "flatten" or "preserve-structure" | "join" | Output file generation strategy. "join" - joins all input files and outputs them as a single file using path passed as: "output". "preserve-structure" - saves all files to the "output" directory keeping relative directory structure."flatten" - same as "preserve-structure" but flattens the directory structure |
‑f, ‑‑flags | combination of gim flags | g | RegExp flags |
‑‑stdout | boolean | true if piped input present, false otherwise | Force sending output on stdout |
‑r, ‑‑replace‑fn | boolean | false | Treat replacement argument as path to file containing replacement function |
‑h, ‑‑help | boolean | - | Show help |
‑v, ‑‑version | boolean | - | Show version number |
Note: While most of examples are using synchronous API method in all cases
.async
is applicable as well.
1. Replace all a
occurences with b
from given foo.js
file and return result / write result to the console
Click to expand
const FRSReplace = require('@frsource/frs-replace')
/* synchronously */
const resultSync = FRSReplace.sync({
input : 'foo.js',
regex : new RegExp('a', 'g'),
replacement : 'b',
output : 'foo_replaced.js'
})
// work with result here
/* asynchronously */
FRSReplace.async({
input : 'foo.js',
regex : new RegExp('a', 'g'),
replacement : 'b'
})
.then(resultAsync => {
// work with result here */
})
/* asynchronously ES6 syntax (must be runned inside async function) */
const resultAsync = await FRSReplace.async({
input : 'foo.js',
regex : new RegExp('a', 'g'),
replacement : 'b'
})
// work with result here */
frs-replace a b -i foo.js --stdout
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const result = require('@frsource/frs-replace').sync({
input : 'foo.js',
regex : new RegExp('a', 'g'),
replacement : 'b',
output : 'foo_replaced.js'
})
frs-replace a b -i foo.js -o foo_replaced.js
3. Replace all a
occurences with b
from given array of files and save result to the foo_replaced.js
using default \n
as result-joining string
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const result = require('@frsource/frs-replace').sync({
input : ['foo.js', 'foo2.js'],
regex : new RegExp('a', 'g'),
replacement : 'b',
output : 'foo_replaced.js'
})
frs-replace a b -i foo.js foo2.js -o foo_replaced.js
or
frs-replace a b -i foo.js -i foo2.js -o foo_replaced.js
Note: Arrays can be passed under single flag-entry as a space-separated list or under same flag repeated multiple times (all values will be concatenated into single array using, details - yargs array notation).
4. Replace all a
occurences with b
from all .js
files in foo
directory and save result to the foo_replaced.js
using \n/////\n
as result-joining string
Click to expand
const result = require('@frsource/frs-replace').sync({
input : 'foo/*.js',
regex : new RegExp('a', 'g'),
replacement : 'b',
outputJoinString : '\n/////\n',
output : 'foo_replaced.js'
})
frs-replace a b -i foo/*.js -o foo_replaced.js --o-join-str "\n/////\n"
5. Replace all a
occurences with b
in given content string abcd
and save result to the foo_replaced.js
Click to expand
const result = require('@frsource/frs-replace').sync({
content : 'abcd',
regex : new RegExp('a', 'g'),
replacement : 'b',
output : 'foo_replaced.js'
})
frs-replace a b --content abcd -o foo_replaced.js
<read-file> | frs-replace a b > <output-file-path>
7. Replace all a
occurences with b
from piped stream and pass it through stdout
stream to the <next-command>
<read-file> | frs-replace a b | <next-command>
8. Both pipe & options styles can be mixed together, here - getting input from -i
argument and passing output down the stream to the <next-command>
frs-replace a b -i foo.js | <next-command>
Tested on Node v15.0.1.
Library (best bolded) | Execution time [s] | Difference percentage (comparing to best time) |
---|---|---|
frs-replace async | 0.01959564 | 57.5020% |
frs-replace sync | 0.01244152 | 0.0000% |
replace-in-file | 0.02223758 | 78.7368% |
replace async | N/A | N/A |
replace sync | 0.06111267 | 391.1992% |
replace-string | N/A | N/A |
Library (best bolded) | Execution time [s] | Difference percentage (comparing to best time) |
---|---|---|
frs-replace async | 0.00020093 | 516.9883% |
frs-replace sync | 0.00003257 | 0.0000% |
replace-in-file | N/A | N/A |
replace async | N/A | N/A |
replace sync | N/A | N/A |
replace-string | 0.00003438 | 5.5692% |