"Use sed to bulk edit Obsidian content"
I recently got asked about hacking #Obsidian Markdown files with sed. So here is an example that makes a global change to a tag across a whole vault.
USE WITH CARE. I hope this is a small learning example, it's definitely not a polished utility! Use at your own risk
https://alecthegeek.tech/blog/2022/12/use-sed-to-bulk-edit-obsidian-content/
@alecthegeek For me, `sed` is a foot gun if there ever was one. 😅
I use it for years by now but I still find it obtuse. A few months ago I discovered `sd`, which aims to be a sane(r) alternative. I like it much more! https://github.com/chmln/sd
Also, `fd` (alternative to `find`)! https://github.com/sharkdp/fd
@alecthegeek Great article! Enjoyed the nostalgic video too.
It's possible to pipe highlighted text from within Obsidian to your shell and have the results replace what was highlighted.
I wrote two articles explaining how to do this:
1. How to send text to the shell
https://link.medium.com/cVfwSZf92vb
2. An improvement on the above to use a prompt with history (and no need to wrap the text)
https://link.medium.com/WqdhXmJ92vb
It's a joy to use shell commands in Obsidian!
Gareth Stretton
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Carlo @ ActionsDotWork