Quick Regex Replacer

This is a VSCode extension that allows you to bind your most frequently used find/replace operations to keybindings/command palette for quick access.

Features

Configure frequently used find/replace regexs that you can bind to keystrokes or invoke via command palette for quick access. For example, if your log files contain stack traces on a single line where newlines are delimited by pipe (|), you could set a regex to replace | with \n to format the stack trace for readability. This example is the default "Alpha" regex/replacement set in the configuration.

Extension Settings

This extension uses pairs of settings for each regex/replacement that you can configure.

• quickRegexReplacer.alpha.regex: All matches for this regex will be replaced with the text you set in quickRegexReplacer.alpha.replacement
• quickRegexReplacer.alpha.replacement: This text will replace all matches of quickRegexReplacer.alpha.regex

Notice the use of alpha in those settings. This extension allows up to 5 regex/replacement configurations denoted as:

1. alpha
2. beta
3. gamma
4. delta
5. epsilon

Each of the above find/replace configurations are triggered through the equivalent command: quickRegexReplacer.replace.alpha and so on.

Default keymappings are Ctrl+R then 1 through 5

A regex is mandatory for triggering a find/replace, however you can leave the replacement setting blank, which effectively becomes a quick way to remore all ocurrences of your regex.

Known Issues

None yet

Release Notes

[1.0.0] - 2021/2/22

• Initial release
• Ability to set up to 5 regex quick replaces
• Replace will take place within a selection only if one exists
• Hot keys are Ctrl+R then 1 through 5

[1.0.2] - 2021/2/23

• Updated README
• Updated property description

[1.0.4] - 2021/2/26

• Code refactor
• Added extension icon
• Added ability to leave replacement setting blank