cheatsheet-tldr/tldr/ned

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# ned
 
> Like `grep` but with powerful replace capabilities.
> Unlike `sed`, as it isn't restricted to line oriented editing.
> More information: <https://github.com/nevdelap/ned#ned-usage>.
 
- Recursively search starting in the current directory, ignoring case:
 
`ned {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} {{[-R|--recursive]}} '{{^[dl]og}}' {{.}}`
 
- Search always showing colored output:
 
`ned --colors '{{^[dl]og}}' {{.}}`
 
- Search never showing colored output:
 
`ned --colors never '{{^[dl]og}}' {{.}}`
 
- Search ignoring certain files:
 
`ned {{[-R|--recursive]}} --exclude '{{*.htm}}' '{{^[dl]og}}' {{.}}`
 
- Simple replace:
 
`ned '{{dog}}' {{[-r|--replace]}} '{{cat}}' {{.}}`
 
- Replace using numbered group references:
 
`ned '{{the ([a-z]+) dog and the ([a-z]+) dog}}' {{[-r|--replace]}} '{{the $2 dog and the $1 dog}}' {{.}}`
 
- Replace changing case:
 
`ned '{{([a-z]+) dog}}' --case-replacements {{[-r|--replace]}} '{{\U$1! dog}}' --stdout {{.}}`
 
- Preview results of a find and replace without updating the target files:
 
`ned '{{^[sb]ad}}' {{[-r|--replace]}} '{{happy}}' --stdout {{.}}`