Replace specific string with another string in a directory

replace.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if the required arguments are provided
if [ $# -lt 2 ] || [ $# -gt 3 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <directory> <target_string> [<replacement_string>]"
    exit 1
fi

# Assign arguments to variables
directory="$1"
target_string="$2"
replacement_string="$3"

# If replacement string is not provided, set it to an empty string
if [ -z "$replacement_string" ]; then
    replacement_string=""
fi

# Escape double quotes in the target string and replacement string
escaped_target_string=$(printf '%s\n' "$target_string" | sed 's/"/\\&/g')
escaped_replacement_string=$(printf '%s\n' "$replacement_string" | sed 's/"/\\&/g')

# Use rg to find files containing the target string and replace backslashes with forward slashes in the file paths
rg --files-with-matches "$escaped_target_string" "$directory" | sed 's/\\/\//g' | xargs sed -i "s/$escaped_target_string/$escaped_replacement_string/g"

echo "Operation completed successfully."