https://github.com/sysread/sad

Search and replace text in files using PCRE-compatible regular expressions
https://github.com/sysread/sad

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Search and replace text in files using PCRE-compatible regular expressions

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sysread/sad
• Owner: sysread
• License: mit
• Created: 2025-06-13T21:05:16.000Z (15 days ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-06-13T21:55:30.000Z (15 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-13T22:26:20.730Z (15 days ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 6.84 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# SYNOPSIS

Search and replace text in files using PCRE-compatible regular expressions.

# DESCRIPTION

`sad` allows you to interactively search and replace text in files using

PCRE-compatible regular expressions. Often, the ergonomics of combining

`grep`/`rg`/`ag`/`your-search-tool-of-choice`, `find`, `sed`, and `xargs` can

be, well, _cumbersome_.

I got sick of all that and decided to simplify that crap for me. In the

process, I made sure that I could use real regexes, too.

# DEPENDENCIES

- [ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep)

- [gum](https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum)

- [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf)

- [perl](https://www.perl.org/) (but surely you have perl on your system already)

# OPTIONS

- `-h`, `--help`: show help

- `-y`, `--yes`: skip confirmation prompts and auto-apply all changes

- `-d`, `--dry-run`: show what would be changed without actually changing anything

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2025, Jeff Ober