psub

#
# Provides a sed-like pattern substitution.
#
# Authors:
#   Sorin Ionescu <sorin.ionescu@gmail.com>
#

local usage pattern replacement modifiers

usage="$(
cat <<EOF
usage: $0 [-option ...] [--] pattern replacement [file ...]

options:
  -g    match globally
  -i    ignore case
  -m    ^ and $ match the start and the end of a line
  -s    . matches newline
  -x    ignore whitespace and comments
EOF
)"

while getopts ':gimsx' opt; do
  case "$opt" in
    (g) modifiers="${modifiers}g" ;;
    (i) modifiers="${modifiers}i" ;;
    (m) modifiers="${modifiers}m" ;;
    (s) modifiers="${sodifiers}s" ;;
    (x) modifiers="${modifiers}x" ;;
    (:)
      print "$0: option requires an argument: $OPTARG" >&2
      print "$usage" >&2
      return 1
    ;;
    ([?])
      print "$0: unknown option: $OPTARG" >&2
      print "$usage" >&2
      return 1
    ;;
  esac
done
shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 ))

if (( $# < 2 )); then
  print "$usage" >&2
  return 1
fi

pattern="$1"
replacement="$2"
repeat 2 shift

perl -i'.orig' -n -l -e "s/${pattern//\//\\/}/${replacement//\//\\/}/${modifiers}; print" "$@"