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Some cherry-picked examples, where `sd` shines:
- Replace newlines with commas:
- sd: `sd -r '\r' ','`
- sd: `sd '\r' ','`
- sed: `sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\r/,/g'`
- Extracting stuff out of strings with special characters
- sd: `echo "{((sample with /path/))}" | sd -r '\{\(\(.*(/.*/)\)\)\}' '$1'`
- sd: `echo "{((sample with /path/))}" | sd '\{\(\(.*(/.*/)\)\)\}' '$1'`
- sed
- incorrect, but closest I could get after 15 minutes of struggle
- `echo "{((sample with /path/))}" | sed 's/{((\.\*\(\/.*\/\)))}/\1/g'`
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## Quick Guide
1. **Literal mode**. By default, expressions are treated as literals.
1. **String-literal mode**. By default, expressions are treated as regex. Use `-s` or `--string-mode` to disable regex.
```sh
> echo "lots((([]))) of special chars" | sd "((([])))" ""
> echo 'lots((([]))) of special chars' | sd -s '((([])))' ''
lots of special chars
```
Use `-r` or `--regex` to enable regex.
2. **Basic regex use** - let's trim some trailing whitespace
```sh
> echo "lorem ipsum 23 " | sd -r '\s+$' ''
> echo 'lorem ipsum 23 ' | sd '\s+$' ''
lorem ipsum 23
```
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Indexed capture groups:
```sh
> echo "cargo +nightly watch" | sd -r '(\w+)\s+\+(\w+)\s+(\w+)' 'cmd: $1, channel: $2, subcmd: $3'
> echo 'cargo +nightly watch' | sd '(\w+)\s+\+(\w+)\s+(\w+)' 'cmd: $1, channel: $2, subcmd: $3'
cmd: cargo, channel: nightly, subcmd: watch
```
Named capture groups:
```sh
> echo "123.45" | sd -r '(?P<dollars>\d+)\.(?P<cents>\d+)' '$dollars dollars and $cents cents'
> echo "123.45" | sd '(?P<dollars>\d+)\.(?P<cents>\d+)' '$dollars dollars and $cents cents'
123 dollars and 45 cents
```
In the unlikely case you stumble upon ambiguities, resolve them by using `${var}` instead of `$var`. Here's an example:
```sh
> echo "123.45" | sd -r '(?P<dollars>\d+)\.(?P<cents>\d+)' '$dollars_dollars and $cents_cents'
> echo '123.45' | sd '(?P<dollars>\d+)\.(?P<cents>\d+)' '$dollars_dollars and $cents_cents'
and
> echo "123.45" | sd -r '(?P<dollars>\d+)\.(?P<cents>\d+)' '${dollars}_dollars and ${cents}_cents'
> echo '123.45' | sd '(?P<dollars>\d+)\.(?P<cents>\d+)' '${dollars}_dollars and ${cents}_cents'
123_dollars and 45_cents
```
4. **Find & replace in a file**
```sh
> sd "window.fetch" "fetch" -i http.js
> sd 'window.fetch' 'fetch' -i http.js
```
That's it. The file is modified in-place.
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To do a dry run, just use stdin/stdout:
```sh
> sd "window.fetch" "fetch" < http.js
> sd 'window.fetch' 'fetch' < http.js
```
5. **Find & replace across project**