jdReplace is a free and open source test replace tool for Linux, Windows and MacOS. It is written in Python and uses PyQt6 as GUI toolkit. Using jdReplace, you can replace a text in all files of a directory easily. It is a bulk and mass search and replacement tool with simple user interface. You can add sub directories, skip hidden files and follow symlinks.
How to Install jdReplace on Ubuntu Linux
To install jdReplace on your system, open the terminal application (ctrl+alt+t) and run below commands one by one. It will install PIPX and jdReplace on your system.
sudo apt install pipx
pipx ensurepath
pipx install jdReplace
After the successful installation of jdReplace, you can open it using below command.
jdReplace
Install jdReplace via Flatpak:
First install flatpak and flathub on your system and restart it after the installation. If you don’t have then install flatpak and flathub on your system using below commands.
sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
Now in the terminal run jdReplace flatpak install command.
flatpak install flathub page.codeberg.JakobDev.jdReplace
You can open it using below commands.
flatpak run page.codeberg.JakobDev.jdReplace
And also uninstall jdReplace using below commands.
flatpak uninstal page.codeberg.JakobDev.jdReplace
[OR]
sudo flatpak uninstall page.codeberg.JakobDev.jdReplace