diff --git a/pages/common/ned.md b/pages/common/ned.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bb27fa73a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/common/ned.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# ned + +> Is like `grep` but with powerful replace capabilities. +> Unlike `sed`, as it isn't restricted to line oriented editing. + +- Recursively search starting in the current directory, ignoring case: + +`ned --ignore-case --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 --recursive --exclude '{{*.htm}}' '{{^[dl]og}}' {{.}}` + +- Simple replace: + +`ned '{{dog}}' --replace '{{cat}}' {{.}}` + +- Replace using numbered group references: + +`ned '{{the ([a-z]+) dog and the ([a-z]+) dog}}' --replace '{{the $2 dog and the $1 dog}}' {{.}}` + +- Replace changing case: + +`ned '{{([a-z]+) dog}}' --case-replacements --replace '{{\U$1\E! dog}}' --stdout {{.}}` + +- Preview results of a find and replace without updating the target files: + +`ned '{{^[sb]ad}}' --replace '{{happy}}' --stdout {{.}}`