CDIST-TYPE__SED(7)

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version 7.0.0 · 7 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 cdist-type__sed — the cdist manual page, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is cdist-type__sed(7), part of the cdist fam, and it's genuinely one of my faves. it's a __sed type. yes, THAT sed. the text-file-transforming legend. let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

cdist-type__sed — transform text files with sed 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

literally what it says on the tin: it transforms text files with sed. no cap. that's the whole vibe. ✨

👑 REQUIRED MULTIPLE PARAMETERS 👑

these ones you GOTTA give, and you can give more than one, so don't skimp 🫶

  • script — the sed script, bestie. and listen: if you pass - as the value, then the script gets read from stdin instead. iconic behaviour fr fr.

🎀 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS 🎀

optional but honestly kind of the moment:

  • file — path to the file. defaults to $__object_id if you don't say anything, which is lowkey convenient 💖
  • onchange — run this command if sed actually changes the file. like, only if it changes. if nothing changed, nothing happens. periodt.

⭐ BOOLEAN PARAMETERS ⭐

flags that are just... on. no value, just vibes 🌈

  • regexp-extended — use extended regular expressions in the script. heads up though: it might not be supported with every sed version. so like, check your sed, bestie 😭

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

here's the tea, in code, exactly as written:

__sed /tmp/foobar --script 's/foo/bar/'
echo 's/foo/bar/' | __sed foobar --file /tmp/foobar --script -

see that second one? piping the script in and using -? main character energy honestly 👑

💜 AUTHORS 💜

Ander Punnar <ander-at-kvlt-dot-ee> — thank you for your service 🫡💖

🧚 COPYING 🧚

Copyright (C) 2021 Ander Punnar. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

(that's the GPL v3-or-later vibe, and yes you should read the actual license if you're gonna do the thing, iykyk 📜)

ungleich GmbH 2021 — periodt 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie! no skips, no cuts, every flag accounted for 🌸

version 7.0.0, dated Jul 31, 2022 — from your cdist bestie with love, mwah 💋✨🦋

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