This tool helps to automate the creation of files from templates by replacing some words with others.

Prerequisites

Python3 should bre installed for this tool. Click here if not installed. OR on linux

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pip
pip3 --version

Installation

First clone the tools repo

git clone https://github.com/matovu-farid/tools.git

ln -s $PWD/tools/rename/wordrename  /usr/bin   

Usage

wordrename -[i <input>| -d <directory>] -o <output> -r <replaced>  -w <with> 

Replace words with those provided

Options:
-i, --input        Input filename
-d, --directory    Input directory
-o, --output       Output filename
-r, --replaced     Word to replace 
-w, --with         Word replacing the other word
-c, --clean        Removes the input file

Example

Assuming you have a file called file.txt and you want to replace all words foo with bar. Running the command below will replace all words including uppercase, title case and pluralized words

Single file

wordrename -i file.txt -r foo -w bar

Multiple files

wordrename -i file.txt,file2.txt -r foo -w bar

Multiple replaced words

Note: The number of replaced words should match the number of words that are replacing them

wordrename -i file.txt -r foo,foo2 -w bar,bar2

Specifying input directory

Assuming you have a folder called 'directory_name' that has file whose words you would want to copy and replace all words foo with bar.

wordrename -d directory_name -r foo -w bar