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sd:tldr:44578
sd: Find and replace in all files in the current project (output stream: `stdout`).
$ sd ${'from "react"'} ${'from "preact"'} "$(find . -type f)"
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This command can be divided into three parts:
-
sd ${'from "react"'} ${'from "preact"'}
:sd
is a command-line tool used for searching and replacing text in files.${'from "react"'}
is used to specify the text pattern to search for, which is "from "react"".${'from "preact"'}
is used to specify the replacement text pattern, which is "from "preact"".- So, this part of the command instructs the
sd
tool to search for the exact string "from "react"" and replace it with "from "preact"".
-
"$(find . -type f)"
:- This uses the
find
command to search for files in the current directory. -type f
specifies to only search for regular files (not directories or special files).- The
$(...)
syntax is used to execute thefind
command and substitute its output as an argument to thesd
command. - So, this part of the command tells
sd
to search and replace the specified pattern in all regular files found by thefind
command.
- This uses the
In summary, the command searches for the exact string "from "react"" in all regular files in the current directory and its subdirectories, and replaces it with "from "preact"".
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
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