diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/nimgrep.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/nimgrep.rst | 50 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/doc/nimgrep.rst b/doc/nimgrep.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 791ead162..000000000 --- a/doc/nimgrep.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -========================= - nimgrep User's manual -========================= - -:Author: Andreas Rumpf -:Version: 0.9 - - -Nimgrep is a command line tool for search&replace tasks. It can search for -regex or peg patterns and can search whole directories at once. User -confirmation for every single replace operation can be requested. - -Nimgrep has particularly good support for Nim's -eccentric *style insensitivity*. Apart from that it is a generic text -manipulation tool. - - -Installation -============ - -Compile nimgrep with the command:: - - nim c -d:release tools/nimgrep.nim - -And copy the executable somewhere in your ``$PATH``. - - -Command line switches -===================== - -Usage: - nimgrep [options] [pattern] [replacement] (file/directory)* -Options: - --find, -f find the pattern (default) - --replace, -r replace the pattern - --peg pattern is a peg - --re pattern is a regular expression (default); extended - syntax for the regular expression is always turned on - --recursive process directories recursively - --confirm confirm each occurrence/replacement; there is a chance - to abort any time without touching the file - --stdin read pattern from stdin (to avoid the shell's confusing - quoting rules) - --word, -w the match should have word boundaries (buggy for pegs!) - --ignoreCase, -i be case insensitive - --ignoreStyle, -y be style insensitive - --ext:EX1|EX2|... only search the files with the given extension(s) - --verbose be verbose: list every processed file - --help, -h shows this help - --version, -v shows the version |