https://github.com/userr00t/regexreplacer

A simple C# program that you can use to replace text in a specified regex/blob pattern of files.
https://github.com/userr00t/regexreplacer

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A simple C# program that you can use to replace text in a specified regex/blob pattern of files.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/userr00t/regexreplacer
• Owner: UserR00T
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-08-30T17:26:40.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-09-13T12:46:36.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-28T02:45:19.459Z (11 months ago)
• Language: C#
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• Size: 15.6 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# RegexReplacer

A simple C# program that you can use to replace text in a specified regex/blob pattern of files.

## Download

Visit [Releases](https://github.com/UserR00T/RegexReplacer/releases/latest) for an binary. Linux users can download the binary directly, and windows users have to extract the zip file to run it. This will be changed in the future when I have access to an .NET 5 windows VM to compile with again. Tracking in #1.

## Building

Execute `dotnet build` on either the `sln` or `RegexReplacer.csproj`. 

## Why

I needed this for a massive replace on a large scale project based on a specific regex and blob. I thought others may find this useful as well and decided to release it. For that reason don't expect the best documentation nor support on this project.

## Running

By default, you can just run the `.exe` on windows and the binary directly on linux. If no arguments are provided it will use `regexreplacer.json` in the same folder as configuration file.

If an argument was provided however, it'll use that path/file for settings.

## Configuration

By default, running the program once without an `regexreplacer.json` file in the working directory will create an example file. Using that file, you can configure how RegexReplacer will work.

`regexreplacer.json`:

```json

{

  "patterns": [

    {

      "path": "/tmp/your_directory",

      "searchBlob": "*.*",

      "matcher": "aa\/",

      "replace": [

        {

          "from": "hello",

          "to": "goodbye",

        }

      ],

      "searchOptions": 1

    }

  ]

}

```

This pattern will change all files (recursively) inside the folder `/tmp/your_directory` where the path matches the regex `aa/`. Once it lists these files, it will try to replace the word `hello` with `goodbye`.

_Note_ `patterns` is an array and multiple patterns are allowed.

`/tmp/your_directory/aa/afile.txt`

```txt

hello world, this is my great test file!

```

Will get changed to:

```txt

goodbye world, this is my great test file!

```

While `/tmp/your_directory/adifferentfile.txt` will not get changed.