CommandLineOptions

Default implicit arguments

grepl <RegExPattern> <FileMask>

grepl Version=\d.\d.\d *.js

Patterns

Grepl RegEx uses .Net Core and you can find detailed patterns documentation here

Option	Effect
-e	Specify expression(s)
-f	Load expression(s) from file
--patterns-dir <DIR>	Add directory to lookup expression files from. You can have multiple dirs, plus current dir, plus grepl binaries dir
--var <NAME> <VALUE>	define a variable for templates

Pattern	Example
Inline	grepl Version= *.csproj -r
Inline	grepl -e Version= *.txt
Two Inline	grepl -e Version= -e FileVersion= *.txt
Load from external File	grepl -f my.rx *.txt
Mixture	grepl -e Version= -f my.rx *.txt
Templated inline	grepl (?'lib'),\sVersion= *.csproj -r --var lib System.Web
Templated external	grepl -f my.rx *.csproj -r --var lib System.Web

File selectors

Target	Example
Single file	grepl <RegEx> test.txt
Two files	grepl <RegEx> test.txt test2.txt
Multiple files in single directory	grepl <RegEx> *.txt
Multiple files recursively	grepl <RegEx> *.txt -r

Replace specifiers

NOTE: By default grepl does not saves changes! You can play around as long as you need and when you are ready, add --save to persist the cahnges

Option	Effect
-$ <Replacement>	Specify a replacement for matched text
--save	Actually save changes. By default it works in preview mode (dry run)

Target	Example
Cat to Dog	grepl cat -$ dog *.html -r