simple-sed 0.1.0

A simpler, safer alternative to sed/awk for line-based file editing

simple-sed

A simpler limited version of sed / awk

AI-generated and unreviewed... But I used it.

Motivation

The LLm feature editing feature in claude code is limited. Claude therefore ends up doing silly thing like writing python scripts, or using sed to do edits. This can be hard to read and dangerous. This is intended to be easier to read and safer.

simple-sed can only edit the file in question. And has a more limited language which is intended to be easier to read.

Syntax

simple-sed <<<EOF
sub /line/ this is the new line
after /line/ next line
   line after then
   line after thatn
del /line/
before /line/ before 1
  before 2
EOF

Installtion

pipx install simple-sed

Features

This might want an MCP server.