Find and Replace (FNR)

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kwhipp
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Find and Replace (FNR)

#1 Post by kwhipp »

Find and Replace (FNR) is an open source tool to find and replace text in multiple files. It can quickly search through large numbers of files and also find the information using regular expressions specifying the form of what you want, instead of literal text.

Find and Replace has;
Simple UI to make sure that find/replace works.
Command line to run find/replace using a batch file.
Features?
Single file download - fnr.exe
Replace text in multiple files using windows application or through command line
Find Only to see where matches are found
Case-sensitive searching
Searching for files in one directory or recusing sub-directories
Regular expressions
Find and replace multi-line text
Generate command line button to create command line text to put in batch file
Command line help
Application Page: http://findandreplace.io/

Download Page: http://findandreplace.io/download

PFC Entry: https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=3018

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Re: Find and Replace (FNR)

#2 Post by webfork »

Great suggestion, but you may want to post to the forums before adding the program to the database, as it's more likely to get the votes necessary to go live.

I've updated the program entry to add a bit more on this program. I'll try to test it out in the coming weeks and vote.

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Re: Find and Replace (FNR)

#3 Post by rfithen »

+1, This is the only utility I have seen where you can replace multiple lines.

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Re: Find and Replace (FNR)

#4 Post by webfork »

rfithen wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:47 am +1, This is the only utility I have seen where you can replace multiple lines.
dnGrep will do that as well viewtopic.php?p=92846#p92846

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Re: Find and Replace (FNR)

#5 Post by vevy »

webfork wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:20 am
rfithen wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:47 am +1, This is the only utility I have seen where you can replace multiple lines.
dnGrep will do that as well viewtopic.php?p=92846#p92846
So does the Text Replace script for AkelPad.

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Re: Find and Replace (FNR)

#6 Post by lintalist »

BK Replacem does too viewtopic.php?p=95218#p95218 - as does Cudatext

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