Replace text patterns with applause.
From NPM:
npm install grunt-replace --save-dev
Assuming installation via NPM, you can use grunt-replace
in your gruntfile like this:
module.exports = function (grunt) {
grunt.initConfig({
replace: {
dist: {
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: 'foo',
replacement: 'bar'
}
]
},
files: [
{
expand: true, flatten: true, src: ['src/index.html'], dest: 'build/'
}
]
}
}
});
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-replace');
grunt.registerTask('default', ['replace']);
};
Supports all the applause options in addition to the ones below.
Type: Boolean
Default: false
If set to true
, the built-in matching rules are excluded.
Type: Boolean
Default: true
Force the copy of files even when those files don't have any match found for replacement.
Type: String
This option is an advanced way to control which file contents are processed.
processContentExclude
has been renamed tonoProcess
and the option name will be removed in the future.
Type: String
Default: grunt.file.defaultEncoding
The file encoding to copy files with.
Type: Boolean
or Number
Default: false
Whether to copy or set the existing file permissions. Set to true
to copy the existing file permissions. Or set to the mode, i.e.: 0644
, that copied files will be set to.
Type: Boolean
Default: false
Whether to preserve the timestamp attributes (atime and mtime) when copying files. Set to true to preserve files timestamp. But timestamp will not be preserved when the file contents or name are changed during copying.
Type: Boolean
Default: false
If set to true
, removes the output from stdout.
Type: Boolean
Default: false
If set to true
, the task will fail with a grunt.fail.warn
when no matches are present.
Few matching rules are provided by default and can be used anytime (these will be affected by the options
given):
-
__SOURCE_FILE__
:Replace match with the source file.
-
__SOURCE_PATH__
:Replace match with the path of source file.
-
__SOURCE_FILENAME__
:Replace match with the filename of source file.
-
__TARGET_FILE__
:Replace match with the target file.
-
__TARGET_PATH__
:Replace match with the path of target file.
-
__TARGET_FILENAME__
:Replace match with the filename of target file.
If you are looking how to use an
built-in
replacements, check out the How to insert filename in target usage.
File src/manifest.appcache
:
CACHE MANIFEST
# @@timestamp
CACHE:
favicon.ico
index.html
NETWORK:
*
Task configuration on gruntfile:
{
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: 'timestamp',
replacement: '<%= Date.now() %>'
}
]
},
files: [
{
expand: true, flatten: true, src: ['src/manifest.appcache'], dest: 'build/'
}
]
}
File src/manifest.appcache
:
CACHE MANIFEST
# @@timestamp
CACHE:
favicon.ico
index.html
NETWORK:
*
File src/humans.txt
:
__ _
_ _/__ /./|,//_`
/_//_// /_|/// //_, outaTiME v.@@version
/* TEAM */
Web Developer / Graphic Designer: Ariel Oscar Falduto
Site: https://www.outa.im
Twitter: @outa7iME
Contact: afalduto at gmail dot com
From: Buenos Aires, Argentina
/* SITE */
Last update: @@timestamp
Standards: HTML5, CSS3, robotstxt.org, humanstxt.org
Components: H5BP, Modernizr, jQuery, Bootstrap, LESS, Jade, Grunt
Software: Sublime Text, Photoshop, LiveReload
Task configuration on gruntfile:
{
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: 'version',
replacement: '<%= pkg.version %>'
},
{
match: 'timestamp',
replacement: '<%= Date.now() %>'
}
]
},
files: [
{
expand: true, flatten: true, src: ['src/manifest.appcache', 'src/humans.txt'], dest: 'build/'
}
]
}
File src/index.html
:
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css?rel=@@timestamp">
<script src="/js/app.js?rel=@@timestamp"></script>
</head>
Task configuration on gruntfile:
{
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: 'timestamp',
replacement: '<%= Date.now() %>'
}
]
},
files: [
{
src: ['src/index.html'], dest: 'build/index.html'
}
]
}
File src/index.html
:
<body>
@@include
</body>
Task configuration on gruntfile:
{
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: 'include',
replacement: '<%= grunt.file.read("includes/content.html") %>'
}
]
},
files: [
{
expand: true, flatten: true, src: ['src/index.html'], dest: 'build/'
}
]
}
File src/username.txt
:
John Smith
Task configuration on gruntfile:
{
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: /(\w+)\s(\w+)/,
replacement: '$2, $1' // Replaces "John Smith" with "Smith, John"
}
]
},
files: [
{
expand: true, flatten: true, src: ['src/username.txt'], dest: 'build/'
}
]
}
Task configuration on gruntfile:
{
'opt-1': {
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: /foo/g, // Explicitly using a regexp
replacement: 'bar'
}
]
},
files: [
{
expand: true, flatten: true, src: ['src/foo.txt'], dest: 'build/'
}
]
},
'opt-2': {
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: 'foo',
replacement: 'bar'
}
],
usePrefix: false // Using the option provided
},
files: [
{
expand: true, flatten: true, src: ['src/foo.txt'], dest: 'build/'
}
]
},
'opt-3': {
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: 'foo',
replacement: 'bar'
}
],
prefix: '' // Removing the prefix manually
},
files: [
{
expand: true, flatten: true, src: ['src/foo.txt'], dest: 'build/'
}
]
}
}
File src/app.js
:
// Filename: @@__SOURCE_FILENAME__
var App = App || (function () {
return {
// App contents
};
})();
window.App = App;
Task configuration on gruntfile:
{
options: {
// Pass, we use built-in replacements
},
files: [
{
expand: true, flatten: true, src: ['src/**/*.js'], dest: 'build/'
}
]
}
- applause - Human-friendly replacements
MIT © outaTiME