#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited. # # This file is part of charm-helpers. # # charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as # published by the Free Software Foundation. # # charm-helpers is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License # along with charm-helpers. If not, see . __author__ = 'Jorge Niedbalski ' import os import subprocess def sed(filename, before, after, flags='g'): """ Search and replaces the given pattern on filename. :param filename: relative or absolute file path. :param before: expression to be replaced (see 'man sed') :param after: expression to replace with (see 'man sed') :param flags: sed-compatible regex flags in example, to make the search and replace case insensitive, specify ``flags="i"``. The ``g`` flag is always specified regardless, so you do not need to remember to include it when overriding this parameter. :returns: If the sed command exit code was zero then return, otherwise raise CalledProcessError. """ expression = r's/{0}/{1}/{2}'.format(before, after, flags) return subprocess.check_call(["sed", "-i", "-r", "-e", expression, os.path.expanduser(filename)])