AKS Text Replacer – search and replace with preview

The latest version of AKS Text Replacer allows to search for the text in the beginfning or in the end of the file.

For instance, you can make AKS Text Replacer to search for all files that start with some text.

• Use special characters: ##FileBegin## and ##FileEnd## in the “Text to find” field
• You can use also use the same special characters in the “Replace with” field

If using ##FileBegin## or ##FileEnd## in the “Replace with” field, then the program will insert the replace text in the beginning or in the end of the file.

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Text Replacer now supports in search and replace special symbols:

• ##NewLine## – New Line
• ##TAB## – TAB
• ##65##  – Decimal Coded Symbol (this will be “A”)
• ##$65## – HEX coded symbol (this will be (“e”));
• Replace in file beginning and end – ##FileBegin## and ##FileEnd## special symbols

These special insertions can be used in text to search or in text to replace. Text replace helps with decimal and HEX codes:

Text Replacer will help with seaching and replacing decimal and HEX coded symbols

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Sometime you are not sure about what you need to find and what need to replaced. For this very case we have designed a search only function in Text Replacer.

1. Run AKS Text Replacer
2. Specify search path and keyword
3. Click “Search only” button:
   

   Search - not replace button

4. Text Replacer will search for your keyword and once something will be found it will show the dialog, which will suggest you standard actions (No to file, No to folder, No to all), so you should tell the program, if you want to find more files like this or not. “Yes” buttons will be disabled, as this is “search only” mode, not replace:
   

   Search only mode - preview. If you want to search for more files like this?

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Most of our users are webmaster and programmers, who know exactly what they are looking for and what kind of software they need to do the same job, but in less time. For instance, by using replace with preview and not just blind search and replace.

But sometime we have questions like “I’m user of your … software and I’ve downloaded your text replacer – what is it? Why do I might need it?”.

Below are few key ideas about what kind of software is text replacer, who might need it, and how to find utility that you need:

• Text replacer utility allows to scan specific files, find some text inside the file and replace it with another text.
• Why not do this manually? If you have 2-3 files, you can do it manually, but if you have 20-30 files, or it is repeating task, then get a search and replace utility.
• Why yours software? Why not freeware? We’d recommend to start with freeware software in order to understand what kind of features you need. In short: most freeware software will not have a preview function, their user interfaces unfortunately are not so friendly as they should be, most likely you will not be able to search for multi-lines, there will be very limited filtering options and ability to exclude something from search.
• Why yours software and not some other commercial text replacer? Different work processes requires different search and replace utilities, we don’t know what specific is there in your daily routine and how you’d like to automate it, so trying several tools, including ours is a good idea. As stated above AKS Text Replacer is a features-rich text replace utility, also, we created products like Compare Suite and RoutineBot, so we know a lot about needs of webmaters and software developers.

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Search options helps to specify what files should be search and in what folders. Some files and folders can be ignored.

Here text to search and text to replace should be specified. User can specify several sets for search and replace. Below are check boxes for ignoring letter case and for using regular expression.

AKS Text Replacer can include and/or exclude files by certain date and time filter, it support exact time filters, e.g. if necessary user can specify not just hours, but minutes and seconds. Also, filter by file size is available.

Replace options specify if program should automatically create backup files, if it should ask for confirmation when replace text, if original file should re-written or new files should be saved to some other location

File and replace dialog appears to show what text will be replaced and how the new file will look like after the replace. User can agree on replace for this very file or agree on replace for all files of such type (by mask) or agree on replace for all files in this directory.

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There are a number of setting avaliable in AKS Text Replacer that help to make search and replace safer, by minimizing the possibility of false replacement operations.

Replace Options in AKS Text Replacer allows to specify if program should overwrite original files, or copy replaced files, if it should create backup files before replace.

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AKS Text Replacer provides an ability to use “exact time” filter. For instance, you need to filder files that are older than 2 hours, with AKS Text Replacer you can specify not just hours, but minutes and seconds. It is very useful, especially, if files to search in were created with some automation software.

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AKS Text Replacer deals with multi folders at once, also, it provides ability to exclude certain folder from the search.

User can specify, if it is necessary to scan subfolders, what file types should be taken into account and what files should be ignored by mask.

• Multi folders search is a great way to save time, as you will run the one search and replace operation for all folders;
• Ability to exclude certain folders helps to create more specific search and replace task, making it better controllable.

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AKS Text Replacer suggest safe replacement, it is provided in several ways:

• Program can automatically create backup files;
• Program will ask for confirmation of specific replace operations

User have several options:

• Fine tune program to never ask for confirmation and do everything automatically;
• Manage program to ask for confirmations (it is default choice and it is recommended);
• Select “Yes” or “No” for specific file
• Select “Yes” or “No” for specific type of files
• Select “Yes” or “No” for specific directory

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AKS Text Replacer supports preview, during search and replace process it will show the confirmation dialog which will include:

• Original text with found keywords highlighted
• New text, as it would be if user agree on this replace operation

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