edit

name	edit
description	Replace an exact, unique string in an existing file. Use for targeted single-occurrence edits to files from the Python kernel instead of rewriting the whole file.

Edit

Make a targeted edit to an existing file by replacing one exact, unique occurrence of a string. old_str must appear exactly once in the file.

Call directly from the kernel:

await edit(path="pkg/file.py", old_str=old, new_str=new)

Use exact old/new strings. If the text contains triple double quotes, use triple single-quoted variables (old = '''...''') or build old/new from inspected file slices. Returns a short confirmation; raises if old_str is missing or matches more than once (widen the snippet to make it unique).

Or from a shell cell:

!edit --path pkg/file.py --old-str "..." --new-str "..."