Fast search and replace in dir

main.py

import os
import re

def replace_word_in_file(file_path, word_to_search, replacement_word):
    with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
        content = file.read()

    # Regular expression to match words within string literals
    # This handles both single and double quotes
    pattern = re.compile(r'(["\'])(.*?)(\b' + re.escape(word_to_search) + r'\b)(.*?)\1')

    # Replace the word within the matched strings
    content = pattern.sub(lambda m: m.group(1) + m.group(2) + replacement_word + m.group(4) + m.group(1), content)

    with open(file_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as file:
        file.write(content)

def replace_word_in_repository(directory, word_to_search, replacement_word):
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
        for file in files:
            # Process only TypeScript files
            if file.endswith(('.ts', '.tsx')):
                file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
                replace_word_in_file(file_path, word_to_search, replacement_word)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    path_to_repo = input(" what is your path")
    word_to_search = input("What are you searching for" )
    replacement_word = input("What are you replacing it with")
    replace_word_in_repository(path_to_repo, word_to_search, replacement_word)