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In Brief

Utility to find and/or replace strings in text files.

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Posted:	26 Sep 2005
File Size:	350KB
License:	Public Domain
Download:	http://de.geocities.com/wstools/files/change.zip
Home Page:	http://www.wolfgangschreiber.de/
Publisher:	Wolfgang Schreiber

Disclaimer

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Details

Change.exe allows you to do bulk changes in single or multiple files. You can do search and replace, automatic or interactive, and apply various include/exclude criteria.

Syntax:	CHANGE <filespec> /find= [options] Each change will be shown and must be confirmed on the screen. Pathnames and wildcards in filename are allowed.
Options:	Optional parameters are:
	/replace=yyy   :   replacement text
	/u   :   ignore upper/lower cases
	/noconfirm   :   replace without confirmation
	/silent  :   replace without confirmation or display
	/verbose   :   verbose - display unchanged lines
	/sub   :   recurse through subdirectories
	/blanks  :   use '_' to represent blanks in command line
	/quiet   :   quiet: do not display current file name
	/include=xxx   :   replace only if line contains xxx
	/exclude=xxx   :   replace only if line does not contain xxx
	/Pinclude=xxx   :   replace only if page contains xxx
	/Pexclude=xxx   :   replace only if page does not contain xxx
	Options are not case-sensitive and entered in any order.
	They may be appreviated as long as kept identifiable
Place Holders:	Optional Place Holders:
	#CR   :   CRLF
	#TAB: tabulator
	#-#:empty string
	#PERC:'%' character (may be req'ed in batch jobs)
	#QUOTE: '"' character
	#EOL: End of line
	#BOL: Begin of line
	#TIME:current time
	#DATE:current date
	#PATH:path name
	#FILE:file name
	#LINE:line number
	#COUNT: incremental counter (start: 1)
Examples:	CHANGE P:SUB\*.DOC /Find=IBM /Repl=Novell /u
	CHANGE ABC.TXT /Find=IBM /Repl="" /n /i /w
	CHANGE ABC.TXT /F="This one" /Excl="That one" /s
	CHANGE ABC.TXT /F=This_one /R=That_one /w /b
	CHANGE *.TXT /F=today /R=#DATE /s
	CHANGE *.TXT /F=good /R=evil /pinc=Microsoft

Restrictions: You need sufficient rights and disk space
Blanks in strings must be quoted or represented by '_'
Only ASCII text files are allowed

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