Theldus/replace.sh

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Bulk search & replace with ag (the_silver_searcher)

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 # ag <https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher>
 # usage: ag-replace.sh [search] [replace]
 # caveats: will choke if either arguments contain a forward slash
 # notes: will back up changed files to *.bak files
 ag -0 -l $1 | xargs -0 sed -ri.bak -e "s/$1/$2/g"

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