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vip search-replace

Perform search and replace tasks on files

Usage

vip search-replace [options]

Options

OptionDescription
-d, --debug Generate verbose output during command execution to help identify or fix errors or bugs.
-h, --help Retrieve a description, examples, and available options for a (sub)command.
-i, --in-place Perform the search and replace explicitly on the input file
-o, --output Create a local copy of the file with the completed search and replace operations. Ignored if the command includes –in-place. Accepts a local file path. Defaults to STDOUT.
-s, --search-replace Specify the and pairs to be replaced
-v, --version Retrieve the version number of VIP-CLI currently installed on the local machine.

Examples

- Replace instances of  with  in the provided 
* Ensure there are no spaces between your search-replace parameters
$ vip search-replace --search-replace="from,to"

- Perform Search and Replace explicitly on the provided input file
$ vip search-replace --search-replace="from,to" --in-place

- Search and Replace to the specified output file * Has no effect when the `in-place` flag is used
$ vip search-replace --search-replace="from,to" --output=""

Last updated: November 18, 2024