pysed 0.0.6

CLI utility that parses and transforms text

Cli utility that parses and transforms text written in Python.

[CHANGELOG] : https://github.com/dslackw/pysed/blob/master/CHANGELOG

Installation

$ pip install pysed

uninstall

$ pip uninstall pysed

Command Line Tool Usage

usage: pysed [-h] [-v] [-p] [-s] [-i]

Utility that parses and transforms text

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         print version and exit
  -p, --print           print text
  -s, m /               replace text
  -i, m /               insert text

Pysed Examples

See changes before modification with options -p –print:

Print text file:

(NOTE: Windows users avoid using quotes ‘’)

$ pysed --print text.txt

This is my cat,
 whose name is Betty.
This is my dog,
 whose name is Frank.
This is my fish,
whose name is George.
This is my goat,
 whose name is Adam.

Remove new lines:

$ pysed -s --print '\n ' ' ' text.txt

This is my cat, whose name is Betty.
This is my dog, whose name is Frank.
This is my fish,
whose name is George.
This is my goat, whose name is Adam.

Redirect results to another file:

$ pysed -s --print '\n ' ' ' text.txt > text2.txt
$ cat text2.txt

This is my cat, whose name is Betty.
This is my dog, whose name is Frank.
This is my fish,
whose name is George.
This is my goat, whose name is Adam.

Replace text:

$ pysed -s --print 'This' 'THIS' text.txt

THIS is my cat,
 whose name is Betty.
THIS is my dog,
 whose name is Frank.
THIS is my fish,
whose name is George.
THIS is my goat,
 whose name is Adam.

Replace max:

$ pysed -s --print m2/'This' 'THIS' text.txt

THIS is my cat,
 whose name is Betty.
THIS is my dog,
 whose name is Frank.
This is my fish,
whose name is George.
This is my goat,
 whose name is Adam.

Insert text:

$ pysed -i --print 'whose ' 'sur' text.txt

THIS is my cat,
 whose surname is Betty.
THIS is my dog,
 whose surname is Frank.
This is my fish,
whose surname is George.
This is my goat,
 whose surname is Adam.

Insert max:

$ pysed -i --print m2/'whose ' 'sur' text.txt

THIS is my cat,
 whose surname is Betty.
THIS is my dog,
 whose surname is Frank.
This is my fish,
whose name is George.
This is my goat,
 whose name is Adam.

More features come….