This Windows Console program enables easy find and replace text changes in Microsoft Visual Studio Project files or directory trees. It simplifies the process for users.
I recently came across a fantastic Windows Console program that I'm excited to review. It's called Find and Replace (FR), and it's designed to simplify the process of making text changes in sets of Microsoft Visual Studio Project files or files organised in directory trees.
FR is primarily designed for programmers who want to change class, function, or identity names in many source files, and web designers who need to automate coordinated changes to the many files that make up large websites. This program offers a wide range of features that can make the process of finding and replacing text much easier.
For starters, FR allows you to search either case sensitively or insensitively. You can also look for partial or whole word matches, and you can even search and replace control characters and non-ASCII characters using escape sequences. FR can handle both text and some binary files, and you can include subdirectories in your search.
Another great feature of FR is the fact that you can use @File lists containing multiple find/replace pairs. You can also parse Microsoft Visual Studio Project Files to find target files, and the program will show you changed lines and corresponding line numbers. You can specify target files with multiple wild-carded pathnames or use @File lists of target files (with wild-carded pathnames for both the @Files and the individual file paths given in the @Files).
Finally, you can run a TEST mode check to list the files that will be affected. If you're only after a text FIND utility, FR can function as just that. Overall, I've found FR to be a very powerful tool that can save time and headaches for anyone who works with text files.
FR is primarily designed for programmers who want to change class, function, or identity names in many source files, and web designers who need to automate coordinated changes to the many files that make up large websites. This program offers a wide range of features that can make the process of finding and replacing text much easier.
For starters, FR allows you to search either case sensitively or insensitively. You can also look for partial or whole word matches, and you can even search and replace control characters and non-ASCII characters using escape sequences. FR can handle both text and some binary files, and you can include subdirectories in your search.
Another great feature of FR is the fact that you can use @File lists containing multiple find/replace pairs. You can also parse Microsoft Visual Studio Project Files to find target files, and the program will show you changed lines and corresponding line numbers. You can specify target files with multiple wild-carded pathnames or use @File lists of target files (with wild-carded pathnames for both the @Files and the individual file paths given in the @Files).
Finally, you can run a TEST mode check to list the files that will be affected. If you're only after a text FIND utility, FR can function as just that. Overall, I've found FR to be a very powerful tool that can save time and headaches for anyone who works with text files.
What's New
Version 1.12: Program enhancements