How to use ripgrep to replace all matches within all files?

Question

I can use the following command to print all changed file and content in the stdout

rg --passthru -F "red" -r "green" -N

Output:

ip.txt
blue test1
green 2
hello blue world

ip2.txt
blue test1
green 2
hello blue world

ip3.txt
green test1
green 2
hello green world

ip4.txt
green test1
green 2
hello green world

how to write these files with changed content to the original file.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '22 at 19:13

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You can't with ripgrep alone. ripgrep doesn't support it by design. It never writes to files. It only reads them.

answered Sep 09 '22 at 19:13

BurntSushi5

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do you know how to integrate with other tools to do this? – Owen Young Sep 11 '22 at 03:46
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Try the FAQ: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/FAQ.md#search-and-replace – BurntSushi5 Sep 11 '22 at 11:49

How to use ripgrep to replace all matches within all files?

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