Install Ruplacer on Ubuntu 24.04

Ruplacer is a command line tool written in Rust programming language that allows users to perform search and replace operations across multiple files within a directory. This tutorial demonstrates how to install Ruplacer on Ubuntu 24.04.

Install Ruplacer

Download Ruplacer archive:

wget -qO ruplacer.tar.xz https://github.com/your-tools/ruplacer/releases/latest/download/ruplacer-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz

Extract executable to /usr/local/bin directory:

sudo tar xf ruplacer.tar.xz --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/bin ruplacer-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/ruplacer

To verify the Ruplacer version, use the following command:

ruplacer --version

Remove the unneeded archive:

rm -rf ruplacer.tar.xz

Testing Ruplacer

Create simple file for testing:

echo "Hello world" > test.txt

Run this command to preview the changes without modifying the file:

ruplacer "world" "there" test.txt

Output:

test.txt:1 - Hello world
test.txt:1 + Hello there

Would perform 1 replacement on 1 matching file
Re-run ruplacer with --go to write these changes to the filesystem

If the preview looks correct, re-run the command with the --go option to actually write the changes to disk:

ruplacer --go "world" "there" test.txt

Uninstall Ruplacer

To remove Ruplacer, delete the associated file:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/ruplacer