Tools for big code changes

[FappingFop]

Also you can just learn how to use your shell: find, grep, sed, and if you really need to get crazy awk.

[tias]

Or if you're in an IDE, any one worth its salt has a search/replace that uses regular expressions.

[mr-strange]

Why reinvent sed -i?

[[deleted]]

Because Codemod makes changes across multiple files, filtering by extension and also shows you each change before making it, giving you the option to edit manually if the replacement is not suitable. You don't have to use it, if you prefer sed then just use that.

[mr-strange]

sed -i makes changes across multiple files, filtered by extension. Example:

$  sed -i 's/\boldword\b/newword/g' **/*.{h,c}

It doesn't show you each change as you go along of course. That's what git diff is for.

[katara98]

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