Search and Replace Utility

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MG

Can you recommend an easy to use Search and Replace Utility that will
operate on multiple files. Typical use will be to modify navigation menus
across multiple html files, or to update the copyright notice from 2007 to
2008, etc. Preferably freeware.

Or is there a good website that lists them, with ratings.

Google lists hundreds of them. Free to download, but then pay to use.
Evaluating them will be a huge task.

Thanks
MG
 
J

J.O. Aho

MG said:
Can you recommend an easy to use Search and Replace Utility that will
operate on multiple files. Typical use will be to modify navigation menus
across multiple html files, or to update the copyright notice from 2007 to
2008, etc. Preferably freeware.

sed is perfect for this kind of job.
It's released under GPL as software should be.
 
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JohnW-Mpls

Can you recommend an easy to use Search and Replace Utility that will
operate on multiple files. Typical use will be to modify navigation menus
across multiple html files, or to update the copyright notice from 2007 to
2008, etc. Preferably freeware.

Or is there a good website that lists them, with ratings.

Google lists hundreds of them. Free to download, but then pay to use.
Evaluating them will be a huge task.

Thanks
MG
Take a look at Edit Pad Pro - it will do HTML multiple-file search
and replace. Price is $49.95 for single user. editpadpro.com

For most of my HTML, I am still using Homesite which I have had for
over 7 years now. I don't know if it is still for sale - code rights
were sold to Marcromedia who was later bought by Adobe.

I originally got Edit Pad Pro to replace WordPad, etc, but it is a gem
- can do all kinds of things - I installed it last summer and am still
learning and personalizing it - even using it instead of my old
favorite TSE (The Semware Editor, the grown-up QEdit). I been
editing and writing code for 30 years and this is one nice product.
 
E

Ed Jay

MG scribed:
Can you recommend an easy to use Search and Replace Utility that will
operate on multiple files. Typical use will be to modify navigation menus
across multiple html files, or to update the copyright notice from 2007 to
2008, etc. Preferably freeware.

Or is there a good website that lists them, with ratings.

Google lists hundreds of them. Free to download, but then pay to use.
Evaluating them will be a huge task.
Absolutely the best one I've come across, and it's free.
<http://www.orbit.org/replace/>
 
B

Blinky the Shark

MG said:
Can you recommend an easy to use Search and Replace Utility that will
operate on multiple files. Typical use will be to modify navigation menus
across multiple html files, or to update the copyright notice from 2007 to
2008, etc. Preferably freeware.

Or is there a good website that lists them, with ratings.

Google lists hundreds of them. Free to download, but then pay to use.
Evaluating them will be a huge task.

I was quite happy with this, before I got off the MS tit. Not that you
mentioned what OS you'd like such a utility for, thus requiring guesses.

http://www.inforapid.de/html/searchreplace.htm
 
B

Bergamot

MG said:
Can you recommend an easy to use Search and Replace Utility that will
operate on multiple files. Typical use will be to modify navigation menus
across multiple html files, or to update the copyright notice from 2007 to
2008, etc. Preferably freeware.

Consider using a pre-processor. Change the navbar once, run a script,
and the site is all updated in a few seconds. Upload it and you're done.

The one I use is GTML, written in perl, but there are plenty of others.
http://www2.lifl.fr/~beaufils/gtml/
 
E

Ed Mullen

JohnW-Mpls said:
Take a look at Edit Pad Pro - it will do HTML multiple-file search
and replace. Price is $49.95 for single user. editpadpro.com

For most of my HTML, I am still using Homesite which I have had for
over 7 years now. I don't know if it is still for sale - code rights
were sold to Marcromedia who was later bought by Adobe.

I originally got Edit Pad Pro to replace WordPad, etc, but it is a gem
- can do all kinds of things - I installed it last summer and am still
learning and personalizing it - even using it instead of my old
favorite TSE (The Semware Editor, the grown-up QEdit). I been
editing and writing code for 30 years and this is one nice product.

I'll second that. Been using EditPad Pro for a number of years as my
default editor. Love it.
 

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