heddlr (version 0.6.0)

bulk_replace: Bulk replace a pattern throughout multiple files.

Description

This function makes it easier to change a specific text string throughout a number of files, allowing you to ensure you're correcting all areas of your code at once.

Usage

bulk_replace(files, pattern, replacement, dry.run = TRUE)

Arguments

files

A vector of filepaths to replace strings in.

pattern

The character string to be replaced.

replacement

A character string to replace all patterns with.

dry.run

Logical -- describe the file changes that will be made (TRUE) or make them in the specified files (FALSE)?

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(heddlr)
temp_file <- tempfile("test", fileext = ".Rmd")
temp_patt <- "#"
export_template(temp_patt, temp_file)
bulk_replace(c(temp_file), "#", "##")
bulk_replace(c(temp_file), "#", "##", dry.run = FALSE)
# }