edit

This context is used to access information about editing promises during their execution. It is context dependent and not universally meaningful or available.

    bundle agent testbundle
    {
    files:

      "/tmp/testfile"
         edit_line => test;
    }

    #

    bundle edit_line test
    {
    classes:
        "ok" expression => regline(".*mark.*","$(edit.filename)");

    reports:

      ok::
       "File matched $(edit.filename)";
    }

edit.filename

This variable points to the filename of the file currently making an edit promise. If the file has been arrived at through a search, this could be different from the files promiser.

edit.empty_before_use

This variable holds the value of empty_file_before_editing from edit_defaults bodies. It's useful for altering behavior within an edit_line bundle depending if the files prior content will or won't have any effect.

See also:

• empty_file_before_editing in edit_defaults bodies.

History:

• 3.21.0, 3.18.3 added