A string replace plugin for gulp 3
Usage
First, install gulp-replace
as a development dependency:
npm install --save-dev gulp-replace
Then, add it to your gulpfile.js
:
Simple string replace
var replace = require('gulp-replace');
gulp.task('templates', function(){
gulp.src(['file.txt'])
.pipe(replace('bar', 'foo'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('build/'));
});
Simple regex replace
var replace = require('gulp-replace');
gulp.task('templates', function(){
gulp.src(['file.txt'])
// See https://mdn.io/string.replace#Specifying_a_string_as_a_parameter
.pipe(replace(/foo(.{3})/g, '$1foo'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('build/'));
});
String replace with function callback
var replace = require('gulp-replace');
gulp.task('templates', function(){
gulp.src(['file.txt'])
.pipe(replace('foo', function(match) {
// Replaces instances of "foo" with "oof"
return match.reverse();
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('build/'));
});
Regex replace with function callback
var replace = require('gulp-replace');
gulp.task('templates', function(){
gulp.src(['file.txt'])
.pipe(replace(/foo(.{3})/g, function(match, p1, offset, string) {
// Replace foobaz with barbaz and log a ton of information
// See https://mdn.io/string.replace#Specifying_a_function_as_a_parameter
console.log('Found ' + match + ' with param ' + p1 + ' at ' + offset + ' inside of ' + string);
return 'bar' + p1;
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('build/'));
});
Function callback with file object
var replace = require('gulp-replace');
gulp.task('templates', function(){
gulp.src(['file.txt'])
.pipe(replace('filename', function() {
// Replaces instances of "filename" with "file.txt"
// this.file is also available for regex replace
// See https://github.com/gulpjs/vinyl#instance-properties for details on available properties
return this.file.relative;
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('build/'));
});
API
gulp-replace can be called with a string or regex.
replace(string, replacement[, options])
string
Type: String
The string to search for.
replacement
Type: String
or Function
The replacement string or function. If replacement
is a function, it will be called once for each match and will be passed the string that is to be replaced.
The value of this.file
will be equal to the vinyl instance for the file being processed.
replace(regex, replacement[, options])
regex
Type: RegExp
The regex pattern to search for. See the MDN documentation for RegExp for details.
replacement
Type: String
or Function
The replacement string or function. See the MDN documentation for String.replace for details on special replacement string patterns and arguments to the replacement function.
The value of this.file
will be equal to the vinyl instance for the file being processed.
gulp-replace options
An optional third argument, options
, can be passed.
options
Type: Object
options.skipBinary
Type: boolean
Default: true
Skip binary files. This option is true by default. If you want to replace content in binary files, you must explicitly set it to false