# HMTL editor cli
> `cargo install html-editor-cli`
A command line tool to edit HTML files [written in Rust](https://github.com/mothepro/html-editor-cli).
| alias | --option | Description |
|-------|-------------|------------------------------------|
| `-q` | `--query` | Document query for the element to replace |
| `-a` | `--attribute` | The attribute to be given the new content
If unset, the content will become the element's only child |
| `-c` | `--content` | The content to use in the replacement |
| `-h` | `--help` | Print help |
| `-V` | `--version` | Print version |
## Example
Imagine you have `sample.html` which you want to be modified during build step.
```html
My First Heading
My first paragraph.
go home
some time
```
This command will put a time in the ``'s attribute
`html-editor-cli --query .build-time --content "Now" < sample.html > build.html`
On unix you can nest commands for good results
`html-editor-cli --query .build-time --content $(time) < sample.html > build.html`
Use the attribute option to modify HTML in some other ways
`html-editor-cli --query #home --attribute href --content "http://localhost/" < sample.html > build.html`