pos/sed-lite

sed-lite

A minimal command line program for in-place file editing with exact line substitution.

Usage

sed-lite -sL "original string" "replacement string" <file>

Operations

• -sL (substitute line): Replaces entire lines that exactly match the original string

Features

• In-place editing using temporary files
• Exact line matching (no regex or wildcards)
• Safe atomic file replacement
• Comprehensive error handling

Building

zig build

Testing

zig build test

Example

# Replace all lines containing exactly "old text" with "new text"
./sed-lite -sL "old text" "new text" myfile.txt