sed can't replace files in a different directory

shx version: 0.3.2 npm version: 6.9.0 node version: 10.16.0

I’m trying to replace some text for a file in a child folder /docs.

I run this command:

shx sed -i 's/globals.html/index.html/g' docs/index.html

And get the error: sed: no files given

I’ve confirmed this works with the vanilla unix sed command. Steps to reproduce:

1. git clone https://github.com/crhistianramirez/shx-bug-repro-sed.git
2. cd shx-bug-repro-sed
3. npm install
4. npm run bug

[nfischer]

Following up here to summarize the discussion, for future reference. Be careful with single quotes. Windows and unix treat single quotes differently and there’s no way for shx to workaround this. Prefer double quotes instead when possible, even if that means escaping double quotes inside package.json.

[nfischer]

Ah I see, this is in package.json like so:

{
  "scripts": {
    "foo": "shx sed -i \"s/globals.html/index.html/g\" docs/index.html"
  }
}

Now I see the appeal of single quotes, although I think we’ve found those don’t work.

For your specific case, you can omit quotes entirely:

    "foo": "shx sed -i s/globals.html/index.html/g docs/index.html"

But in general, yeah this is something we might document.