fix reading escape strings from command line

README.md

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ supported as replacement, no regexp submatch support yet (planned, though).
 
 ## Changelog
 
+ - 1.10
+   - Fix reading escapes (like `\n`) from command line
+ - 1.9
+   - Treat `$1` in replacement strings as groups
  - 1.8
    - Fix `.*` handling in `.gitignore` (it actually matched `.` and ignored
      absolutely everything)

goreplace.go

@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 )
 
 const (
 	Author  = "Alexander Solovyov"
-	Version = "1.9"
+	Version = "1.10"
 )
 
 var byteNewLine = []byte("\n")
@@ -92,6 +93,14 @@ func main() {
 		errhandle(fmt.Errorf("Your pattern matches empty string"), true)
 	}
 
+	if opts.Replace != nil {
+		s, err := strconv.Unquote(`"` + *opts.Replace + `"`)
+		if err != nil {
+			errhandle(err, true)
+		}
+		*opts.Replace = s
+	}
+
 	searchFiles(pattern, ignoreFileMatcher, acceptedFileMatcher)
 }