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Geek Culture / Wanted - Batch Search and Replace utility

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BatVink
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Posted: 17th Mar 2006 14:10
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Anybody know of a freeware batch search and replace utility?

That is I specify that I want to replace "Fish" with "Chips", and it does it for all files in a given directory.

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TKF15H
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Posted: 17th Mar 2006 14:24 Edited at: 17th Mar 2006 14:27
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There's a little command-line proggie called 'sed'. Thoth is in love with it. It should do the job. Vote sed for president.

http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/
There's a windows version somewhere...

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adr
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Posted: 17th Mar 2006 14:30
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If you were using a real man's operating system, then you'd make a shell script:



That, or this seems to be well received.

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iv tryed everything!!!!!!!!!! could u please just add The gun and shooting Code thats All!!!!!!!!!
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BatVink
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Posted: 17th Mar 2006 14:31
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Thanks for the link...Not really what I'm looking for, I'm after something a little more user-friendly.

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adr
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Posted: 17th Mar 2006 14:35
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I take it that you didn't see my link during a posting-clash, so I'll try again http://www.divlocsoft.com/



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iv tryed everything!!!!!!!!!! could u please just add The gun and shooting Code thats All!!!!!!!!!
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BatVink
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Posted: 17th Mar 2006 15:25
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Loks like the works, adr, I'll give it a try.

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indi
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Posted: 18th Mar 2006 05:18
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the best one i have found is called Rname it

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/downloads/index.cfm?categoryID=1502&itemID=5272

great features and its free

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