tweak replace script

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/replace b/replace
index ea14088..7900bcf 100755
--- a/replace
+++ b/replace
@@ -4,18 +4,17 @@ replace stuff in a file or files
 """
 import argparse
 import difflib
-import glob
 import fileinput
 import sys
 
 cli = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
 cli.add_argument(
-    "-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help="print diffs for every replacement"
+    "-d", "--diff", action="store_true", help="print diffs for every replacement"
 )
 cli.add_argument("old", type=str, help="target string")
 cli.add_argument("new", type=str, help="replacement string")
 cli.add_argument(
-    "files", nargs="*", metavar="FILE", help="files to operate on, or omit for stdin",
+    "files", nargs="*", metavar="FILE", help="file(s) to operate on, or omit for stdin",
 )
 args = cli.parse_args()
 
@@ -23,8 +22,8 @@ differ = difflib.Differ()
 
 for line in fileinput.input(files=args.files, inplace=True):
     replacement = line.replace(args.old, args.new)
-    print(replacement, end="")
-    if args.verbose and args.old in line:
+    if args.diff and args.old in line:
         diff = list(differ.compare([line], [replacement]))
         sys.stderr.write(f"{fileinput.filename()}:{fileinput.lineno()}:\n")
         sys.stderr.writelines(diff)
+    print(replacement, end="")