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Perform Bulk Find-and-Replace on Multiple Files Using stringr

Source: R/ngr_str_replace_in_files.R
ngr_str_replace_in_files.Rd

This function explicitly reads the content of files, performs find-and-replace operations using stringr, and writes the updated content back to the files. It handles word boundaries, trailing punctuation, and allows for specific symbols like @ to precede the text to be replaced.

Usage

ngr_str_replace_in_files(text_current, text_replace, files, ask = TRUE)

Arguments

text_current

character A string representing the text to be replaced in filenames.

text_replace

character A string representing the new text to replace the current text in filenames.

files

character A vector of file paths to perform find-and-replace operations on.

ask

logical Whether to prompt the user for confirmation before renaming. Default is TRUE.

Value

logical Invisibly returns a logical vector indicating success for each file.