This is a fork of http://rxfind.codeplex.com
RxFind is a Windows command line tool allowing you to search (and replace) the content of files using Regular Expressions written in C# for .NET framework 2.0.
- Original author: Joel Thoms
- Line number patch: Bartizan
- Recent changes: Blake Mitchell
- Command Line Interface: Perfect for all your scripting and administration needs.
- Regular Expressions: That's right -- Regular Expressions. The most powerful way to search.
- Search Multiple Files: Can even traverse subdirectories.
RxFind code\*.cs /s /p:"Joel Thoms"will search for the text "Joel Thoms" in all .cs files under the code directory. - Regex Replace: Regular Expression replace gives you access to the match
patern data.
RxFind test.txt /p:"Full Name: (?<first>\w+) (?<last>\w+)" /r:"Full Name: ${last}, ${first}"will rewrite lines in test.txt from: "Full Name: Joel Thoms" to: "Full Name: Thoms, Joel". - .Bak Files: Can create a .bak file of the original (just incase you mess something up)
C:\>RxFind.exe /?
RxFind version: 0.9.9
Performs a regular expression search, and optional replace,
across the specified files.
RXFIND [drive:][path]file [[drive:][path]file2]...[drive:][path]fileN]]
[/S] [/F] [/LN] [/FL] [/I] [/B:0|1|2] [/SL] [/O] [/Q]
[/DQ:doublequotetoken] (/P:searchpattern)|(/PV:searchpatternvariable)
[/R:replacementstring]|[/RV:replacementstringvariable]
[drive:][path]file
Specifies drive, directory, and file(s) to search
/? Displays this help text.
/S Search recursively through subdirectories.
/DQ A substitue for "" in search and replace strings.
/P Regex search pattern.
/PV Name of environment variable containing rexgex search pattern.
/R Replacement string.
/RV Name of environment variable containing replacement string.
/I Ignore case when matching.
/SL Single line pattern matching.
/F Includes the filename in console output.
/LN Includes the line number in console output.
/FL Console output is only the matching directory and file names.
/B:0 If .bak file exists, no replace will be performed. (default)
/B:1 If .bak file exists, it is overwritten.
/B:2 No .bak file is created.
/O Console output only, no files are modified
/Q Quiet operation, no results output to console");
This tool loads the file into memory before performing searches. It is untested on extremely large files. You might not be able to use this tool with extremely large files.
All you have to do (and this is optional) is add RxFind's path to your PATH environment variable.
WinXP - Go to your "Control Panel" and select "System". Open the "Advanced" tab and click on the "Environment Variables" button. In the "System variables" section, select "Path" and click "Edit". Add the path you've extracted the executable to into the "Variable value" section and click "OK".