About Text Workbench
HandyFile Find and Replace is an assistant simple to use tool to help you process text in a number of files with a single click.
HandyFile Find and Replace supports the following file types.
- ANSI text files: SGML documents (HTML, XML, etc.), source code and any other plain text files.
- Unicode files: standard Unicode files (16-bit, little endian);
- UTF-8 files: files with multibyte symbols according to the UTF-8 specification;
- Microsoft® Office™ files: Microsoft Word documents (.doc, .dot, .rtf) and Microsoft Excel documents (.xls). This feature requires that these components of the Microsoft Office are installed on your computer.
Major advantages
- Works really fast, even with regular expressions! Faster on ANSI files, and also fast on Unicode and UTF-8 files.
- Seamless embedded text editor with syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, JS, Perl and C++.
- Built-in file rename facility.
- Supports regular expressions with extended syntax.
- Supports various command line parameters.
- Comprehensive user interface.
- Clear diagnostic messages.
- Keeps your files safe as the process of replacement is undertaken in memory, not in files.
Common tasks
- Perform simple file search
- Search for text in files
- Search for text in files in multiple folders
- Search for text using regular expressions
- Find and replace text in files
- Find and replace text in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel files
- Search and replace text using regular expressions
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- How to insert a file reference regarding directory hierarchy
- How to setup a start-off to documenting your source code
- How to use scenarios to automate work
- How to use command line
Checking for updates
You can easily check for product updates by right-clicking the application icon in the system tray and selecting command Check for updates. Please ensure that you are connected to the Internet before doing so.
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