Find And Replace1.6

Working on a computer might involve dealing with a lot of text documents. For instance, you might encounter tasks when it’s required to simply change bits of content on a regular basis. This might be a time-consuming operation, unless you rely on specialized applications like Find And Replace.

Find, replace, and rename

On the one hand, the application is portable, so you can store it on a thumb drive in case you want to use it on other computers, without having to go through a setup process. Registry entries are not modified, so the health status remains intact. On the other hand, you do need to install Java Runtime Environment if it’s not already there.There are several tabs which make navigation comfortable through the default functions, such as find, replace, and rename. You first need to define a location to look up items of interest, which are based on a custom file name pattern. Multiple patterns can be included in the search operation, and you can even rely on regular expressions for all available functions.

Supports regular expressions

All detected items are displayed in a table, and you’re free to select the files to target in the actual process. Replacing items is done by simply filling up the strings to identify and those to replace. As mentioned, you can use regular expressions, and choose to ignore casing. Backups can be automatically created in a custom location.Entire operations can be saved in case you frequently need to perform such tasks. Even the list of detected items can be saved to file. Additional tools come in handy to pick the desired character encoding, just in case you work with specialized files. Note that changes are made on the spot, but backups are created by default.

In conclusion

All in all, Find And Replace can help you perform rudimentary tasks which involve modifying text strings inside one or more files at a time. Regular expressions are supported for a better variety of operations, and even though it can feel a little rough around the edges, it’s sure to come in handy once you get the hang of it.