| User: editor -- 2011-06-19 << 801 803 >> |
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| Type: Advanced search and replace |
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| Description: |
| How to replace a word only one time in multiple text files? There may be multiple occurrence of word 'OLD' in every file, how to replace the first 'OLD' with 'NEW' in each file? |
| Input Sample: |
| ...OLD......OLD... .......OLD......... OLD.............. ........... |
| Output Sample: |
| ...NEW......OLD... .......OLD......... OLD.............. ........... |
| Answer: |
| Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps. |
| 1. ctrl-h open 'replace' dialog * set 'search for pattern' to 'OLD' * set 'replace with pattern' to 'NEW' * set 'unit number filter' to 1 means only replace the 1st occurrence. 2. click 'Batch...' button to open 'Batch Runner' window * drag multiple text files from windows file browser to 'Batch Runner' window * click 'Batch Replace', done. |
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| multiple occurrence 1st unit number filter number filter time every filter very unit number replace the first word replace one time only replace first occurrence replace first word in multiple file replace a word one time replace word one time only first filter files pattern first word |