Apply multiple text edits to a file — tool_multi

Apply a sequence of exact-match text replacements to a file.

Usage

tool_multi_edit(path, edits)

Format

A tool definition created with ellmer::tool().

Arguments

path: Path to the file to edit (tool argument)
edits: List or JSON string of edit operations (tool argument)

Value

When called directly, a character status message describing the edits and total replacement count.

Examples

path <- tempfile(fileext = ".txt")
writeLines(c("alpha", "beta"), path)
tool_multi_edit(
  path,
  list(list(old_text = "alpha", new_text = "gamma"))
)
#> [1] "Successfully applied 1 edit(s) to /tmp/RtmpJxzN8D/file1b545d2a38e8.txt (1 total replacement)"
unlink(path)