Feature Request: Search and replace in multiple files

[fredvej]

Take a look at ReplaceEm at http://www.orbit.org/replace/ .

[deckard]

Thanks for the tip. I've also tried the Eluent Tools, which seem nice.

[Sheepdog]

Another tool really worth a look Inforapid Search and replace . For private user it's free. It's got RegEx and anything.

sheepdog

[mrietvel]

Even though there are lots of other tools that are very useful for replacing tekst in found files, it would still be nice if it would be simply integrated with Total Commander as well. I use total commander very regularly for searching files that meet specific criteria. Total Commander is almost always running on my desktop and the file pain is constantly at the folder in which I'm working. So, I just press Alt-F7 to find all files that contain a specific text. I almost never need to use regular expressions etc., just find the files containing the text and decide per file if I want to replace it with another text or not.

Something like a "Replace with" text field under the "Find text" field in the Find Files dialog would make life simpler. No need to download/install/run another tool, just fill in the replacement text when I need it.

Mark

[Sheepdog]

I agree. But I'm realistic enough to keep "Search and Replace" installed.

sheepdog

[woefdram]

Maybe this can help: I've made a search and replace tool which accepts the kind of information TC can transmit via a start menu or button bar entry. You select a number of files and/or directories in a directory pane, activate the program and the selected files/dirs are processed. You can also limit its working in subdirectories to files with one or more specified extensions. It doesn't support regexp (yet) as I don't know much about that.
It's written in Python and currently requires Python 2.3 or higher with Pmw installed to run, if you're interested I'll make a language version and perhaps even a standalone executable, and try to make it avalaible over the weekend.

[dusan]

There is one very good one Search/replace tool available that is almost the same as the TC :
http://www.replsoft.com/scrnshots.html
- especially Multi string replace option is very handy including regular expressions.

there was a discussion about that tool 2 years ago. But still nothing happend
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=1800

I wonder if there could somebody write something similar ? Thanks