Is there a portable batch text editor ?
Is there a portable batch text editor ?
Hi
i really like notepad++
but many times i need a batch editor and let it work with lots of files
for example i have 100 text files and i have to replace the word "stars" with "Star"
i would like to have a full portable software that can help me , seeing i could do similar stuff with other files
is there a portable software that let me do it?
thanks
i really like notepad++
but many times i need a batch editor and let it work with lots of files
for example i have 100 text files and i have to replace the word "stars" with "Star"
i would like to have a full portable software that can help me , seeing i could do similar stuff with other files
is there a portable software that let me do it?
thanks
Re: is there a portable batch text editor ?
AstroGrep has that as a possible upcoming feature---> http://astrogrep.sourceforge.net/features
Also there is EmEditor Free---> https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2960
Also there is EmEditor Free---> https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2960
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Re: is there a portable batch text editor ?
Replace Genius ain't too bad
Don't know how stealth it is but they have a portable version
Edit: Looks like there is a TPFC forum topic for it
Don't know how stealth it is but they have a portable version
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https://www.rlvision.com/script/download.php?ref=rlv.com&file=ReplaceGenius_Portable.zip
Re: is there a portable batch text editor ?
I've had very good success with the open source dnGrep. In testing, it was very fast, supports multi-line edits, loads of regex and similar tools, and supports content outside of text files (rare for these types of tools). The only reason it isn't in the database is because it still appears to be in early development.batch editor and let it work with lots of files
Re: is there a portable batch text editor ?
hiNapiophelios wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:56 pm Replace Genius ain't too bad
Don't know how stealth it is but they have a portable versionEdit: Looks like there is a TPFC forum topic for itCode: Select all
https://www.rlvision.com/script/download.php?ref=rlv.com&file=ReplaceGenius_Portable.zip
nice program , it's shareware and not free
i like it ,don't know the limits of the shareware version
thanks!
Re: is there a portable batch text editor ?
hiwebfork wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 2:15 pmI've had very good success with the open source dnGrep. In testing, it was very fast, supports multi-line edits, loads of regex and similar tools, and supports content outside of text files (rare for these types of tools). The only reason it isn't in the database is because it still appears to be in early development.batch editor and let it work with lots of files
and it's portable
i will try tomorrow
thanks!
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Re: is there a portable batch text editor ?
A golden oldie: BK ReplacEm probably still works.
Screenshots: https://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/bkreplace.htm you can download it from webarchive
Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213 ... g/replace/
I think it is portable, you can just "unzip" the exe installer and that's it, I don't recall I every installed it as such. I haven't used it in a long time as I now use either a text editor with find replace/in files or write scripts - both AutoHotkey and "batch" scripts using Unix tools (the Windows version) such as sed - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed - although visual feedback can be nice - I find scripting gives me more flexibility in many cases, especially if you need to automate it for repetitive use.
One think I do like about BK is you can do multiple actions on a set of files, replace 'this' with 'that', replace lines between "something" and "else" by "new text" etc. use source and target folders etc. Often find/replace programs only do one action which gets pretty annoying.
Depending on your needs it might just fit the bill as isn't overly complex and very light / small.
Screenshots: https://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/bkreplace.htm you can download it from webarchive
Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213 ... g/replace/
I think it is portable, you can just "unzip" the exe installer and that's it, I don't recall I every installed it as such. I haven't used it in a long time as I now use either a text editor with find replace/in files or write scripts - both AutoHotkey and "batch" scripts using Unix tools (the Windows version) such as sed - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed - although visual feedback can be nice - I find scripting gives me more flexibility in many cases, especially if you need to automate it for repetitive use.
One think I do like about BK is you can do multiple actions on a set of files, replace 'this' with 'that', replace lines between "something" and "else" by "new text" etc. use source and target folders etc. Often find/replace programs only do one action which gets pretty annoying.
Depending on your needs it might just fit the bill as isn't overly complex and very light / small.
Re: is there a portable batch text editor ?
CudaText can also batch replace in multiple files.
Re: is there a portable batch text editor ?
Direct DL link: https://web.archive.org/web/20070630111433/http://www.orbit.org/replace/bkrep20.exelintalist wrote: ↑A golden oldie: BK ReplacEm probably still works.
Screenshots: https://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/bkreplace.htm you can download it from webarchive:
Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213736/http://www.orbit.org/replace/
I also saw fit to replicate ReplacEm's available changelog since it describes many of its functionalities (click the Spoiler! below)...
Spoiler!
/OT
Random unrelated note to say that I once had a similar device to the one displayed in ReplacEm site header -- it's a Fujitsu Loox PDA, which I used as a GPS navigator when such gadgets where a novelty -- anyone remember those? I can still glimpse its box from where I am ATM...
I also found the Warranty notice for the neighboring BK Renamer rather amusing:
There isn't any. Make backups. Lots of them.
Re: is there a portable batch text editor ?
You can also batch update files in notepad++. You can also batch update using b4Text: http://www.b4soft.ru/b4text/en.index.php
Re: is there a portable batch text editor ?
The novel idea (at the time at least) was that BK ReplacEm was capable of multiple find/replace actions in one session (see the screenshots).
Nearly, if not all, other programs could only perform *one* action at a time which made it very cumbersome.
I recall when looking for something like this there were 50+US$ shareware programs that could only do one that was extremely mediocre at best while this freeware software was extremely capable. (and that shareware program still got rave reviews for reasons beyond me)
(The B4text seems to be ansi only which by today's standards is now mediocre given the prevalence of unicode)
And of course as noted in several posts nearly all modern text editors will be able to do the "one find/replace" action in batch mode nowadays.
Another gem from the time is minitrue viewtopic.php?t=25281 - where you could also prepare a find/replace sort of "ini" making it convenient to use in batch files for example Here is a nice intro to illustrate its usage https://www.pement.org/sed/minitrue.htm
Nearly, if not all, other programs could only perform *one* action at a time which made it very cumbersome.
I recall when looking for something like this there were 50+US$ shareware programs that could only do one that was extremely mediocre at best while this freeware software was extremely capable. (and that shareware program still got rave reviews for reasons beyond me)
(The B4text seems to be ansi only which by today's standards is now mediocre given the prevalence of unicode)
And of course as noted in several posts nearly all modern text editors will be able to do the "one find/replace" action in batch mode nowadays.
Another gem from the time is minitrue viewtopic.php?t=25281 - where you could also prepare a find/replace sort of "ini" making it convenient to use in batch files for example
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"this" = "that"
"regex thingy = "modified replacement"
"etc" = "etcetera"