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Description

rbt Replace the text between begin and end tags

Installation

The destination directory will contain 3 sub-directories: bin, share and man.

Using git repo.

$ git clone https://github.com/jfgiraud/replace-between-tags.git
$ cd replace-between-tags
$ sudo make install DESTDIR=/usr/local

Using latest tarball release.

$ curl -s -L https://api.github.com/repos/jfgiraud/replace-between-tags/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d':' -f2- | tr -d ' ",' | xargs wget -O replace-between-tags.tgz
$ sudo tar zxvf replace-between-tags.tgz -C /usr/local

Usage

Use man.

$ man rbt

Use option.

$ rbt -h

Examples

Replace between strings using stdout (-s option).

$ cat /tmp/lorem_ipsum
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. *BEGIN*Pellentesque maximus faucibus lectus, in ultricies lorem volutpat in.
Sed rutrum risus et vehicula rhoncus. Nunc sed est et eros mollis vehicula. Pellentesque semper dignissim maximus.
Praesent in justo et ante faucibus eleifend in ac est. Donec orci magna, pellentesque id libero nec, faucibus porta purus.
Pellentesque luctus sollicitudin tortor sit amet accumsan. Nullam mauris felis, egestas in faucibus in, feugiat vel arcu.
*END*Cras rhoncus aliquam tristique.
$ rbt -s -b '*BEGIN*' -e '*END*' -r 'new text here' /tmp/lorem_ipsum
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. *BEGIN*new text here
*END*Cras rhoncus aliquam tristique.

Replace infile between strings and delete begin/end strings (-d option).

$ cat /tmp/lorem_ipsum
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. *BEGIN*Pellentesque maximus faucibus lectus, in ultricies lorem volutpat in.
Sed rutrum risus et vehicula rhoncus. Nunc sed est et eros mollis vehicula. Pellentesque semper dignissim maximus.
Praesent in justo et ante faucibus eleifend in ac est. Donec orci magna, pellentesque id libero nec, faucibus porta purus.
Pellentesque luctus sollicitudin tortor sit amet accumsan. Nullam mauris felis, egestas in faucibus in, feugiat vel arcu.
*END*Cras rhoncus aliquam tristique.
$ rbt -d -b '*BEGIN*' -e '*END*' -r 'new text here' -d /tmp/lorem_ipsum
Processed: /tmp/lorem_ipsum
$ cat /tmp/lorem_ipsum
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. new text here
Cras rhoncus aliquam tristique.

Replace in file using the content of a file (-R option).

$ cat x
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. *BEGIN*Pellentesque maximus faucibus lectus, in ultricies lorem volutpat in.
Sed rutrum risus et vehicula rhoncus. Nunc sed est et eros mollis vehicula. Pellentesque semper dignissim maximus.
Praesent in justo et ante faucibus eleifend in ac est. Donec orci magna, pellentesque id libero nec, faucibus porta purus.
Pellentesque luctus sollicitudin tortor sit amet accumsan. Nullam mauris felis, egestas in faucibus in, feugiat vel arcu.
*END*Cras rhoncus aliquam tristique.
$ cat y
mon texte
$ rbt -b '*BEGIN*' -e '*END*' -R y x
Processed: x
$ cat x
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. *BEGIN*mon texte
*END*Cras rhoncus aliquam tristique.