gsar-1.21 1.21

Short:        General Search And Replace 1.21
Author:       emufan-eab (at) yandex.com
Uploader:     emufan-eab yandex com
Type:         util/cli
Version:      1.21
Architecture: m68k-amigaos 2.04+
Distribution: Aminet

Description:

gsar (General Search And Replace) is a utility for searching for and
--- optionally --- replacing strings in both text and binary files.
The search and replace strings can contain all kinds of characters
(0--255), i.e. Ctrl characters and extended ASCII as well. 

The algorithm used is a variation of the Boyer-Moore search algorithm,
modified to search binary files. As a result of this, gsar is blindingly
fast. 

Opposed to line oriented search programs (like grep(1)), gsar will find
all matches on a line. Actually, gsar doesn't know anything about lines
at all, all files and strings are treated as binary. 

Gsar can search one or several files for a string and report the
occurrences. Gsar can read one file, search for a string, replace
it with some other string, and create a new file containing the changes.
Gsar can perform a search and replace in multiple files, overwriting the
originals. Finally, gsar can work as a filter, reading from standard
input and writing to standard output.

Example:

- replace string FORM with TEST in file image.iff
gsar -o -sFORM -rTEST image.iff

- display search and replace strings only
gsar -B -sFORM -rTEST image.iff

- display ascii search result only
gsar -sFORM -c16 image.iff

- display hex search result only
gsar -sFORM -x16 image.iff

Installation:

- CPU 68000  --> copy m68k-amigaos/gsar000 to c:gsar
- CPU 68020+ --> copy m68k-amigaos/gsar020 to c:gsar

Project Home Page:
- http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gsar.htm

Original Source:
- https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://home.online.no/~tjaberg/gsar121.zip

Build using cross compiler toolchain:
- https://github.com/cahirwpz/amigaos-cross-toolchain

m68k-amigaos-gcc -m68000 -mcrt=clib2 -fomit-frame-pointer -lgcc -o gsar000 *.c
m68k-amigaos-gcc -m68020 -mcrt=clib2 -fomit-frame-pointer -lgcc -o gsar020 *.c

Disclaimer:

- Use at your own risk. No warranty expressed or implied, etc.

Legal Notice:

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