I have a large number of text files that all need text within them altered.

eg.
abc123.txt
bca123.txt
cba123.txt

I also have a 3 column list that specifies the filename, search text and replace text.

eg.
FILENAME, SEARCH, REPLACE
abc123.txt, value1, value2
bca123.txt, value1, value2
cba123.txt, value1, value2

Is there some software that I can use to make these changes using the text file ?

 

TextPad will do the multi search and replace, but not from a list.

 

Thanks I use TextPad to do most of my manipulation, but as you say, it can't handle this.

The 3 column list would actually be more like:

FILENAME, SEARCH, REPLACE
abc123.txt, value1, value2
bca123.txt, value1, value3
cba123.txt, value1, value4

 

I can do it in a script.. If there is a set format?

Notepad++ is pretty good too.
David

 

The format would be exactly as above. The search and replace list would always be in the same 3 column format, but I'm flexible as to how its delimited.

Any help would be massively appreciated

Something like:

file1.txt, "find text string", "replace with this"
file2.txt, "find text string", "replace with something else"

 

this help?
Batch Replacer!: The Greatest tool for find and replace operations!

 

Thanks, but that won't work. It needs to be a specific replacement within a specific file.

 

If you've got an input file, you could batch it to get the three tokens and then feed them to a program called LINSTRP.EXE available from Lexacorp Ltd - Information Technology Consultants for Software Development in Papua New Guinea.

I use it on 50+ Meg log files and works a treat.

 

Brilliant, many thanks, that should do the job nicely

 

Worked perfectly, thanks again, saved me a lot of work !