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Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 31 Mar 2017 17:24
by iryx
Is this possible with anything built into the application?
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 31 Mar 2017 17:42
by highend
Sure, via scripting, as long as these are real text files (no pdf, word, or anything else...)
E.g.:
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$safe = <<<>>>
txt
xml
xys
nfo
<extend me if necessary!>
>>>;
$search = input("Enter search term...", , , "m");
end (!$search), "Empty search terms are not accepted!";
$replace = input("Enter text to replace with...", , , "m");
$notSafe = "";
$replaced = "";
$notReplaced = "";
foreach($item, <get SelectedItemsPathNames |>, , "e") {
$ext = gpc($item, "ext");
if (!regexmatches($safe, "^$ext$")) {
$notSafe = $notSafe . ((!$notSafe) ? "<crlf>Items with invalid file extension(s)<crlf>$item" : "<crlf>$item" );
continue;
}
$oldContent = readfile($item);
$newContent = replace($oldContent, $search, $replace);
if ($oldContent != $newContent) {
writefile($item, $newContent);
$replaced = $replaced . ((!$replaced) ? "<crlf>Files with replacement(s)<crlf>$item" : "<crlf>$item" );
} else {
$notReplaced = $notReplaced . ((!$notReplaced) ? "<crlf>Files without replacement(s)<crlf>$item" : "<crlf>$item" );
}
}
$result = $notSafe . <crlf> . $replaced . <crlf> . $notReplaced;
text $result;
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 19 Jul 2022 12:26
by napleswebguy
@highend, this is so handy!
Is it possible to modify your script to just FIND and show results of certain content within multiple text files?
Thanks!
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 19 Jul 2022 12:33
by highend
And how should those results been shown exactly?
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 19 Jul 2022 12:36
by napleswebguy
Same results popup as your current script?
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 19 Jul 2022 12:38
by napleswebguy
Or show the results in a new tab?
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 19 Jul 2022 13:19
by highend
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$safe = <<<>>>
txt
xml
xys
nfo
<extend me if necessary!>
>>>;
$search = input("Enter search term...", , , "m");
end (!$search), "Empty search terms are not accepted!";
$notSafe = "";
$found = "";
$notFound = "";
foreach($item, <get SelectedItemsPathNames |>, , "e") {
$ext = gpc($item, "ext");
if (!regexmatches($safe, "^$ext$")) {
$notSafe = $notSafe . ((!$notSafe) ? "<crlf>Items with invalid file extension(s)<crlf>$item" : "<crlf>$item" );
continue;
}
if (strpos(readfile($item), $search) != -1) {
$found .= ((!$found) ? "<crlf>File(s) with matching search term<crlf>$item" : "<crlf>$item" );
} else {
$notFound .= ((!$notFound) ? "<crlf>File(s) without matching search term<crlf>$item" : "<crlf>$item" );
}
}
$result = $notSafe . <crlf> . $found . <crlf> . $notFound;
text $result;
if you want it in a new tab, lookup the commands
tab() and
paperfolder()...
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 19 Jul 2022 13:41
by napleswebguy
Perfect! Thank you!
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 19 Jul 2022 16:08
by highend
No problem and thanks for the donation
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 23 Jul 2022 12:38
by napleswebguy
You are welcome!
Question, is it possible to modify the script to search for words INSIDE a zip file?
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 23 Jul 2022 12:52
by highend
Inside files in a .zip file? Not without finding a CLI tool that can do that. XY itself can't...
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 23 Jul 2022 12:55
by napleswebguy
Okay thanks!
Do you know of any other solutions for something like this?
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 23 Jul 2022 13:09
by highend
Sure,
FileLocator Pro can do this (
https://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorpro/).
Beware, paid software!
it's scriptable so you could even integrate it's search results for such cases...
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 23 Jul 2022 13:11
by napleswebguy
Thanks, I'll check it out!
Have a great weekend!
Re: Search and Replace Text in Files
Posted: 29 Jul 2022 08:16
by kiwichick
highend wrote: ↑31 Mar 2017 17:42
Sure, via scripting, as long as these are real text files (no pdf, word, or anything else...)
I've taken part of your script to do a simple search and replace on one xml file. This is the code:
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$config = "C:\configx.xml";
$search = bookMarkMargin="hide";
$replace = bookMarkMargin="show";
$oldContent = readfile($config);
$newContent = replace($oldContent, $search, $replace);
writefile($config, $newContent);
This is just for one search and replace but I have four I need to do. Is it possible to include all four in the two variables I have for search and replace? And, if so, how would I go about doing it?