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replace_text_in_clipboard.sh
while true; do pbpaste | sed -e "s/name:production-db/\$server-master/g" | sed -e "s/name:production-replicadb/\$server-replica/g" | pbcopy; sleep 1; done
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timnew commented Sep 18, 2017

Running the code in any shell, it monitors the clipboard, and do the replacement automatically.
So in the UI, the developer just need to copy and paste. The text will be updated automatically.
It is quite a magical way to replace specific text repeatedly in GUI.

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