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rpl


Information about the package, rpl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rpl package is designed for, Intelligent recursive search/replace utility.


Package Name:

rpl

Summary:

Intelligent recursive search/replace utility

Description:

rpl is a UN*X text replacement utility. It will replace strings with new strings in multiple text files. It can work recursively over directories and supports limiting the search to specific file suffixes. rpl was originally written by Joe Laffey; this is a rewritten version.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

1.5.5

Release:

3.el6

Size:

16 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for rpl


Control the rpl package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install rpl

This command will install rpl on the server.

yum remove rpl

This command will un-install rpl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rpl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove rpl

This command will un-install rpl on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rpl when using the -y flag.

yum update rpl

This command will update rpl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rpl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update rpl

This command will update rpl to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rpl when using the -y flag.

yum info rpl

This command will show you core information about the rpl package.

yum deplist rpl

This command will show you the dependencies for rpl. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update rpl

This command will check if there is an update waiting on rpl. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.