
REPSTR (C) 2006 by Laszlo Menczel
This is free software with no warranty.

  repstr [options] [opt-args] source-arg rule-arg

[options]
-a   ignore case when replacing strings
-B   batch mode (no screen output)
-C   ignore text within C-style comments
-h   you should already know this :-)
-H   also process hidden files
-l   write messages also to a logfile
-n   do not sort replacement rules (string pairs)
-r   allow recursive replacements
-s   process subdirectories recursively
-W   match only whole words delimited by whitespace(s)
-y   allow empty strings in rules (string removal)

[opt-args]
-b <app>   make backup file(s) by appending 'app' to names
-c <com>   use comment delimiter definitions in 'com'
-d <sep>   strings in rules are separated by the 'sep' character
-u <file>  check the rule set in 'file' and report the result
-w <del>   match only whole words delimited by chars in 'del'

'source-arg' (use only one) specify file(s) to process
-e <ext>   list of extensions to use for file search
-f <file>  path to single file to process
-g <patt>  wildcard pattern(s) for filename globbing

'rule-arg' (use only one) specify replacement rules
-t <table> name of rule table containing string pairs
-x <rule>  single explicit rule in the form <old,new>

