create_replace_command_file.py

# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
def main():
    import os.path
    import sublime
    PATH_TO_REPLACE_COMMAND_FILE = os.path.join(sublime.packages_path(), 'replace_command.py')

    if os.path.exists(PATH_TO_REPLACE_COMMAND_FILE):
        return

    code = """import sublime
import sublime_plugin

class ReplaceCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit, region, text):
        if len(region) != 2:
            raise ValueError('ReplaceCommand: a region like should be a list with 2 items. Got {0}'.format(region))
        self.view.replace(edit, sublime.Region(region[0], region[1]), text)"""

    with open(PATH_TO_REPLACE_COMMAND_FILE, 'w') as fp:
        fp.write(code)

main()