This article spotlights alternative open source tools to sed, a stream editor for filtering and transforming text.
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Category: CLI
teip – masking tape to help commands “do one thing well”
teip is a command-line utility billed as masking tape to help commands “do one thing well”.
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massren – rename multiple files using a text editor
massren is a command line tool that can be used to rename multiple files using your own text editor.
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srgn – code surgeon
srgn is a code surgeon for searching and manipulating text and source code with enhanced precision.
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brename – batch renaming safely
brename is a practical cross-platform command-line tool for safely batch renaming files/directories via regular expression.
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repgrep – interactive replacer for ripgrep
repgrep is an interactive command line tool to make find and replacement easy. It uses ripgrep.
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rawhide – find files using pretty C expressions
rawhide (rh) lets you search for files on the command line using expressions and user-defined functions.
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rwatch – Rust implementation of watch
rwatch is a command-line utility written in Rust that allows you to run a command repeatedly and watch its output.
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rep – perform find and replace on grep-formatted lines
rep is a command-line utility that takes grep-formatted lines via standard input, and performs a find-and-replace on them.
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findpick – general purpose file picker combining “find” command with a fuzzy finder
findpick is a general purpose file picker combining “find” command with a fuzzy finder. It’s written in Bash.
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amber – code search and replace tool
amber is a code search and replace tool written by Rust. Two commands (ambs/ambr) are provided
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reflex – run a command when files change
reflex is a small tool to watch a directory and rerun a command when certain files change.
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projectable – TUI file manager built for projects
projectable is a highly configurable TUI file manager built for projects.
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wfh – rsync as you edit
wfh continuously watches your local directories and rsync them against a remote host.
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watchexec – run a command when files in the current directory change
watchexec is a simple, standalone tool that watches a path and runs a command whenever it detects modifications.
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watcher – watch files in a directory for changes
watcher is a simple command line app to watch files in a directory for changes.
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chokidar – watch file system changes
chokidar is a cross-platform command line utility to watch file system changes.
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treegrep – pattern matcher frontend or backend
treegrep is a frontend for existing pattern matchers or a standalone pattern matcher which presents results in a tree format.
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superfile – modern terminal file manager
superfile is billed as a very fancy and modern terminal file manager that can complete the file operations you need.
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neatmail – non-interactive email client
neatmail is a non=interactive mail client. It generates listings of, and executes ex-like commands on messages in mailboxes in mbox format.
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