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the documentation for --replace should clarify that it doesn't write to files #147
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Indeed, it does not. It was requested to do in #74, but I'm pretty firmly oppposed. A "search and replace" isn't really a standard option. Even a tool like I agree the docs could be clarified. |
I've continued the feature request on #74, personally I find |
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(This time I have had read the README properly, at least I hope so)
The documentation in the readme doesn't explicitly say that
--replace
actually writes the replacement to file, but neither does it say the opposite. I would have assumed "Search and replace" meant write changes to file.The current functionally appears to replace correctly in the output, but provide no way (I can see) to write those changes to file:
Same happens for recursive search and (don't) replace.
Again version 0.2.1 on ubuntu 16.04.
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