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Even if sed and grep are available their weird syntax is enough to make people write modern replacements. I don't care if they're not 100% feature complete, th
by petepete 4y ago
Even if sed and grep are available their weird syntax is enough to make people write modern replacements.
I don't care if they're not 100% feature complete, the fact I can remember how to use them for my simple everday tasks (searching, finding/replacing across many files) without needing to consult a manpage or search online for answers is enough.
I used grep daily for years and _still_ it didn't feel like it made sense. I remember reading about Ack (https://beyondgrep.com/ https://beyondgrep.com/) some time in 2009-2010 , installing it and switching over entirely within about five minutes.
Modern sed:
https://github.com/chmln/sd https://github.com/chmln/sd
Modern grep:
https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher
https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep