Multiple File Search Replace and Actual Search & Replace Software for Windows

File Substring Replacement Utility
$19.99 - Gammadyne Corporation

File Substring Replacement Utility (FSRU) performs search and replace operations with multiple strings in multiple files. It was designed specifically for computer programmers working on large projects with many source code files, however any type of file can be used, including HTML. Search and replace operations can also be performed on filenames (mass renaming). A detailed log is kept of every substring that is found and replaced. Case-insensitive, whole-word, wildcards, and command line searches are supported. FSRU is a professional, rock solid program - don't trust your files to anything less!

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FindReplaceExcel
$45 - Filehunter Software

FindReplaceExcel is a find/replace utility to search Excel files for text, values and comments and replace the text inside cells automatically without opening workbooks . The program can search ranges in worksheets. Multiple drives and directories can be searched. Individual worksheets can be searched within workbooks. Cells can be searched for partial text matching and/or case letters. Excel files are backed up before changes are made.
The program can perform fast searches and text replacement ,search individual worksheets and workbooks, backup workbooks before replacing cells , maintain a Backup logfile of files copied , search and replace by range row OR range column and find numbers or strings in EXCEL cells You must enter a beginning and end range for rows and columns. Altered Excel cells can have a different color to indicate changes. Findreplaceexcel will search all storage devices attached to your system, including floppy drives, hard drives, CDDVD Rom drives, and network drives.

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Search & Replace Master
$0 - KnowleSys Software, Inc.

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Search & replace the text in your files in seconds.

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A free software from KnowleSys.

Search & Replace Master is an easy to use search and replace utility loved by webmasters, programmers, and novice computer users alike.

Search & Replace Master looks through multiple files for a string or pattern and can also replace it with another string or pattern.

A pattern is a string with at least one wildcard character in it. For example: http*.htm, A*B*C.
You can also use {$1} to reference the text that the first '*' on behalf of. And use {$2} for the second and son.

It can also strip formatting from Word generated HTML file to make it clean and small.

It can do case sensitive or insensitive searches, before or after insert.

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Actual Search & Replace
$29.95 - DivlocSoft

This tool provides search-and-replace operations across multiple text files. You can search documents for a phrase or several words, multi-line or regular expressions, and use the search engine's style queries. Actual Search & Replace displays abstracts from the searched files and highlights the search words or phrases in them. The replace facility lets you insert text before or after search occurrences, delete text, and replace text with spaces, in addition to standard text replacement. The preliminary search, ability to undo changes and the backup feature help the user easily control the process of modifying files. The searched files can be filtered by size and last modification date. You can save reports about the found files and detailed information about the inclusions found in them. The batch replace operation allows to execute a lot of various replacements with one click. The program also supports a command-line mode.

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Finders Keepers
$29.95 - Yadu Digital, Inc.

Finders Keepers(tm) can search files, replace text, index entire hard drives for instant text retrieval, view or launch any found files, zip found files, and edit the found ASCII text files. Search files 4 ways: plain-text search, regular expressions, approximate, and sound-alike. Find words even if they are misspelled. View, edit, or launch found files 6 ways, e.g., by associated programs. An ASCII text editor and a binary-file viewer are built in. With these, click on navigator buttons to jump from finding to finding for quick file or document examination. Copy, move, or delete found files. Save your results to disk for future reference. Replace text safely across multiple files and folders. Choose from 4 levels of confirmation, including word by word. Changed files are backed up automatically. You can replace by regular expressions. You can use a password to disable replace functions for risky users, such as kids or new users. Index selected files or your entire hard drive to find a word with split-second text retrieval. Immediately see the list of files the word is in, and view or launch those files 6 ways. You can find misspelled words in the index easily. Use the index to keep an overview of writing projects. Advanced features include about 70 options to control find and replace operations, what appears in results, file extensions--such as ".sys"--to exclude from all operations, and so on. Other functions include touch, change file attributes, batch-mode find and replace, binary-character search, list files, and drag and drop from Windows Explorer. The program has pop-up, context-sensitive help via the F1 key.

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Multi Replace Pro
$29.95 - Alphyn Software

Multi Replace is a batch search and replace tool that is capable of performing these functions in multiple files simultaneously. Essentially, the tool searches and replaces symbols, names, words, sentences or paragraphs in all files where these manipulations need to be done, rather than making you do it file by file. Obviously, the tool is incredibly convenient for writers, secretaries, programmers, web developers and other professionals who work with text strings. A typical task for Multi Replace would be to change company name in all documents after re-branding or to replace old URL links with new ones in all HTML documents that belong to certain web project. Multi Replace offers a number of nifty search and replace features. For example, all replacements can be limited only to files stored in a specified folder/subfolder or only to files of certain type(s). It is also possible to exclude files from being processed. There is even an automatic backup option that makes it possible to revert back to old files in case anything goes wrong. More importantly, there are several choices for replacement actions - replace with, replace between, insert before, insert after or delete. File type masks, case sensitivity, customized replacement rules and batch or one-by-one processing options are available as well. The program builds itself into Explorer's context menu and is always readily available. For added convenience, all processed files can be exported to a specified output folder. The replacement settings can be saved for future processing. Multi Replace is 100% FREE to download and try. Get it now and you won't go back to your older, slower, one-file-at-a-time solution.

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