Need a cmd line tool for find&replace

[DenoxiS]

Hi,

Is there any MS (or a free and stable 3rd party) tool that allows me
to find and replace string matches withing text files?

I installed Windows Resource Kit, which has qgrep in it but it doesn't
replace the found string.

This is for Windows XP Pro and Windows 2003 standard server.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Paul R. Sadowski]

Hi,

Is there any MS (or a free and stable 3rd party) tool that allows me
to find and replace string matches withing text files?

Look for a Win32 clone of SED (Stream EDitor). Google it.

You'll probably redirect the output of SED to a temp file then move the temp
file to the final file.

An intro to the capabilities of SED:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/sed.html

 

[Phil Robyn [MVP]]

Hi,

Is there any MS (or a free and stable 3rd party) tool that allows me
to find and replace string matches withing text files?

I installed Windows Resource Kit, which has qgrep in it but it doesn't
replace the found string.

This is for Windows XP Pro and Windows 2003 standard server.

Thanks in advance.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gsar.htm

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Is there any MS (or a free and stable 3rd party) tool that allows me
to find and replace string matches withing text files?

Hi

You can e.g. use gsar (Unix port) for this.

gsar111.zip, General Search And Replace on files (Documentation & Source)
http://home.online.no/~tjaberg/

or

gsar.exe in the free UnxUtils suite at http://unxutils.sourceforge.net
(in a command prompt, run gsar.exe without any parameters for help screen)

 

[DenoxiS]

gsar is perfect! Thank you all!!

Hi

You can e.g. use gsar (Unix port) for this.

gsar111.zip, General Search And Replace on files (Documentation & Source)
http://home.online.no/~tjaberg/

or

gsar.exe in the free UnxUtils suite at http://unxutils.sourceforge.net
(in a command prompt, run gsar.exe without any parameters for help screen)