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Far – Sublime Inspired Find and Replace

45 points by weinzierl 1y ago

cssinate 1y ago
README says `--tartget` - is that really the flag? Or is it supposed to say `target`?
- _Henry_ 1y ago
  It's a typo. From the source code, it's spelled "target"
mattpavelle 1y ago
The FAQ doesn’t say so anyone know how this is better than [RPL](https://linux.die.net/man/1/rpl https://linux.die.net/man/1/rpl) (which I’ve used for years)?
- mattbaker 1y ago
  I’d never heard of this! What a great tool.
  - SoftTalker 1y ago
    The original upon which this is based: http://www.laffeycomputer.com/rpl.html http://www.laffeycomputer.com/rpl.html
abcd_f 1y ago
There is another Far, with a bit more history behind it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Manager
- eddythompson80 1y ago
  Man, I remember the first time I came across Far Manager. It was through ConEmu in 2010. I was pretty confused with Far tbh. Couldn’t really figure out who or why you would use it. Then I saw someone actually using it at work. The Wiki doesn’t go much into the demographic for such file manager. It does say they predate GUI file managers, which is fair I guess, but I always thought you lived by cd/ls/find/cat/etc then. I still do for the most part.
  - abcd_f 1y ago
    Far is a Norton Commander clone, and the NC was ubiquitous in pre-Windows era. It felt like it was on every single machine that ran DOS. Its dual-panel design is really quite ingenious as it speeds up the majority of routine file operations, especially when working with ad-hoc file sets. Just need to learn the keyboard shortcuts :)
  - thesz 1y ago
    Far is for Windows, where "find" and "cat" are problematic, to say the very least. In that area, Far is game-changing. And even today I use Midnight Commander in Linux because I used to Norton/Volkov Commander and then Far. ;)
- ilyagr 1y ago
  Far manager now exists on Linux and Mac: https://github.com/elfmz/far2l https://github.com/elfmz/far2l I got it from nixpkgs, not sure if it's easy to install otherwise.
llimllib 1y ago
I use fastmod[1] and enjoy it [1]: https://github.com/facebookincubator/fastmod https://github.com/facebookincubator/fastmod
iwontberude 1y ago
I appreciate the willpower to not call this fart.
dima55 1y ago
Obvious question: how is this better than `perl -p -i -e s/Foo/Bar/g src/*/*.rs`?
- pacifika 1y ago
  Less slashes and parameters
- nkrisc 1y ago
  I can understand the example in the repo just from reading it. Without the context I would have had no idea what posted is search and replace. So it’s got that going for it.
  - dima55 1y ago
    The example in the repo is `far --find "Foo" --replace "Bar" --tartget "./src/*/*.rs"`. If the value here is to not know how to use a regex, that's not very compelling
    - nkrisc 1y ago
      For you, perhaps.
SubiculumCode 1y ago
I appreciate the submission, but wish it had a lot more context given (e.g. in a blog post). For example, for someone who hasn't used find and replace in Sublime, how is it different than find and replace available in most text editors? How is this different than sed?
- SoftTalker 1y ago
  > How is this different than sed? Less powerful but easier to use for simple cases?
appleaday1 1y ago
RUST.
ilyagr 1y ago
Depending on the interface you prefer, there are also https://github.com/ms-jpq/sad https://github.com/ms-jpq/sad https://github.com/chmln/sd https://github.com/chmln/sd that haven't been mentioned yet

45 points by weinzierl 1y ago

cssinate 1y ago

README says `--tartget` - is that really the flag? Or is it supposed to say `target`?

_Henry_ 1y ago
It's a typo. From the source code, it's spelled "target"

mattpavelle 1y ago

The FAQ doesn’t say so anyone know how this is better than [RPL](https://linux.die.net/man/1/rpl https://linux.die.net/man/1/rpl) (which I’ve used for years)?

mattbaker 1y ago
I’d never heard of this! What a great tool.
- SoftTalker 1y ago
  The original upon which this is based: http://www.laffeycomputer.com/rpl.html http://www.laffeycomputer.com/rpl.html

abcd_f 1y ago

There is another Far, with a bit more history behind it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Manager

eddythompson80 1y ago
Man, I remember the first time I came across Far Manager. It was through ConEmu in 2010. I was pretty confused with Far tbh. Couldn’t really figure out who or why you would use it. Then I saw someone actually using it at work. The Wiki doesn’t go much into the demographic for such file manager. It does say they predate GUI file managers, which is fair I guess, but I always thought you lived by cd/ls/find/cat/etc then. I still do for the most part.
- abcd_f 1y ago
  Far is a Norton Commander clone, and the NC was ubiquitous in pre-Windows era. It felt like it was on every single machine that ran DOS. Its dual-panel design is really quite ingenious as it speeds up the majority of routine file operations, especially when working with ad-hoc file sets. Just need to learn the keyboard shortcuts :)
- thesz 1y ago
  Far is for Windows, where "find" and "cat" are problematic, to say the very least. In that area, Far is game-changing. And even today I use Midnight Commander in Linux because I used to Norton/Volkov Commander and then Far. ;)
ilyagr 1y ago
Far manager now exists on Linux and Mac: https://github.com/elfmz/far2l https://github.com/elfmz/far2l I got it from nixpkgs, not sure if it's easy to install otherwise.

llimllib 1y ago

I use fastmod[1] and enjoy it [1]: https://github.com/facebookincubator/fastmod https://github.com/facebookincubator/fastmod

iwontberude 1y ago

I appreciate the willpower to not call this fart.

dima55 1y ago

Obvious question: how is this better than `perl -p -i -e s/Foo/Bar/g src/*/*.rs`?

pacifika 1y ago
Less slashes and parameters
nkrisc 1y ago
I can understand the example in the repo just from reading it. Without the context I would have had no idea what posted is search and replace. So it’s got that going for it.
- dima55 1y ago
  The example in the repo is `far --find "Foo" --replace "Bar" --tartget "./src/*/*.rs"`. If the value here is to not know how to use a regex, that's not very compelling
  - nkrisc 1y ago
    For you, perhaps.

SubiculumCode 1y ago

I appreciate the submission, but wish it had a lot more context given (e.g. in a blog post). For example, for someone who hasn't used find and replace in Sublime, how is it different than find and replace available in most text editors? How is this different than sed?

SoftTalker 1y ago
> How is this different than sed? Less powerful but easier to use for simple cases?

appleaday1 1y ago

RUST.

ilyagr 1y ago

Depending on the interface you prefer, there are also https://github.com/ms-jpq/sad https://github.com/ms-jpq/sad https://github.com/chmln/sd https://github.com/chmln/sd that haven't been mentioned yet