Search and Replace String in a textfile

[Anna]

Does anybody have or know of a command/tool that I can call
inside PB Script that would accept a SEARCH string, REPLACE
string and filename? One that does not require manual input
from users.

TIA.

[Terry Voth]

All the parts are in PFC:

String service: of_GlobalReplace
File Service: of_FileRead* and of_FileWrite (* this returns an array
of string, but it's easy to add functionality that returns a single
string)

If you don't want to use PFC, you can probably strip the code out.

Good luck,

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[Neil Rothschild]

If you don't like Terry's idea, try Funduc's search and replace. I use it
in gui mode but it does include command line capability.

http://www.funduc.com/search_replace.htm

Neil

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[David]

Try this :

global function string f_s_replaceall (string as_source,
string as_lookfor, string as_replacewith);//
________________________________________________________________________________________

int li_start_pos=1,li_len_look_for

li_len_look_for = len(as_lookfor)

// Cherche la première occurence de la chaine
li_start_pos = Pos(as_source,as_lookfor,li_start_pos)

DO WHILE li_start_pos > 0
// Remplace l'occurence trouvée
as_source =
Replace(as_source,li_start_pos,li_Len_look_for,as_replacewith)
// Cherche l'occurence suivante
li_start_pos =
Pos(as_source,as_lookfor,li_start_pos+Len(as_replacewith))
LOOP

return as_source

end function