recursive_replace

• A ruby gem for recursively replacing text in multiple files and directories.
• Use with shell executable or in code.
• It auto-escapes most characters, so you can replace code syntax and special characters easily without using regular expressions.
• Comes with a rspec testing suite for replacement verification of special characters, expressions and code syntax.

gem install recursive_replace

recursive_replace [original] [replacement] [optional_path] 

Replace foo with bar in current directory and its subdirectories:

recursive_replace "foo" "bar"

Replace foo with bar in a specific file:

recursive_replace "foo" "bar" file

Replace erb syntax:

recursive_replace "<%= @object[:foo] %>" "<%= @new_object[:bar] %>" 

Replacing a backslash is the only time you'll actually need to escape an input character.

recursive_replace "\\" "_" somedirectory/ 

require "recursive_replace"
file = File.join("home", "bob", "Documents")
RecursiveReplace.replace("bad", "good", :path => file)

Want to add a test to see how recursive_replace performs with a specific situation or programming language? Pull the recursive_replace and run its rspec testing suite:

git clone git://github.com/hulihanapplications/recursive_replace.git
cd recursive_replace
rspec spec/