How to replace text in files?

16 March 2023 |

Wondering how you can replace text content in every file using regex?

Just create and alias using your shell. Im my case it will be fish alias:

Add to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish this line:

alias replace "perl -p -i -e $argv"

and here you go!

~ $ replace 's/hello/goobye/g' *.md

BTW! Hope you have perl installed. I have ;)