SSR: Simple Search & Replace
HOWTO search and replace from command line

My problem

After searching I didn't find what I was looking for and compiled this simple tool.

One solution ssr.exe

Example

ssr c:\\temp\\= \\=\t test.txt

Deletes the string c:\temp\ and replaces \ (backslash) with TAB

ssr "ServerHost=Value1"="ServerHost=Value2" config_file.ini

Use above command to replace values in a config file

ssr -m="....[05]00 {8}....[05]00.*" -h=X,Y,Z \s08=, \s07=, grid.txt -o=grid_500m.csv

Use above command to reduce huge coordinate grid file (grid in 100m) to grid in 500m CC. Grid line format: 1234567 1234567 123.45

ssr search.txt=replace.txt test.txt

Replaces the content of search.txt with the content of replace.txt in test.txt (if search.txt and replace.txt exists)

ssr -l -r "\s*([^ ])\s*\e\s*([^ ]*)\s*"="$1\e$2" test.txt

Removes whitespace around Name = Value pairs in test.txt

Download and go

• get SSR   ssr.zip
  
• Extract the ssr.exe (1 file) place it whereever and run (from command line)...

Versions

2010-mar-05, version 1.6

Support for regular expresion substitutions

2010-feb-22, version 1.5

Support for large search and replace statements

2009-nov-05, version 1.4

Buggfix, parsing correct filename from commandline

2009-oct-21, version 1.3

Line-By-Line function for huge files.

2009-aug-03, version 1.0

Implemented

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