Command line to change files

[Calep]

Is there a freeware to change characters or whole words in files (mainly
..txt) through commands line ?

Thanks to all in advance.

 

[rir3760]

Is there a freeware to change characters or whole words in files
(mainly .txt) through commands line ?

Sed, the stream editor:
<http://www.student.northpark.edu/pemente/sed/>

Sed manual:
<http://www.fsf.org/manual/sed-3.02/html_mono/sed.html>

HTH

 

[Susan Bugher]

Is there a freeware to change characters or whole words in files (mainly
.txt) through commands line ?

http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/PL2003TEXT.htm#SearchandReplaceTool

Info-Rapid Search & Replace, ReplaceEm (was BK ReplaceEm)


Susan

 

[Joe Caverly]

Is there a freeware to change characters or whole words in files (mainly
.txt) through commands line ?

Thanks to all in advance.

Hi,
Bruce Guthrie's FIXTEXT Program
(http://www.erols.com/waynesof/FIXT0208.ZIP) may do what you want.

Joe

 

[Joe Caverly]

Is there a freeware to change characters or whole words in files (mainly
.txt) through commands line ?

Thanks to all in advance.

Hi,
Bruce Guthrie's FIXTEXT Program
(http://www.erols.com/waynesof/FIXT0208.ZIP) may do what you want.

Joe

 

[D.R]

Is there a freeware to change characters or whole words in files (mainly
.txt) through commands line ?

Thanks to all in advance.

Short answer: awk and sed

Long answer:
If you use Linux you can use the standard builtin commands "awk" and "sed". There is a
Cygwin version for Windows users too. And you probably won't need to download the whole
cygwin install for these. As long as you have the .dll's most cygwin commandline programs
run from a dos window. Maybe google can help here.