Geek Software of the Week: TextCrawler!
Some GSotW’s are better than others. THIS ONE is one of the best, most useful one’s in a LONG time! This one goes in my fresh build “must install” File… I find myself using it all the time now!
TextCrawler – Global (Multi-File) Search and Replace!
“TextCrawler is a fantastic tool for anyone who works with text files. This cool utility enables you to instantly find and replace words and phrases across multiple files and folders. It utilises a powerful Regular Expression engine to enable you to create sophisticated searches, preview replace, perform batch operations, extract text from files and more. It is fast and easy to use, and as powerful as you need it to be.
TextCrawler is Freeware!
Some Features…
- Search and Replace across files, Insert or Delete text
- Fast searching, even on large files.
- Simple to use interface
- Flexible search parameters
- Text Extractor – rip text into a new file
- Post-process extracted text – sort, remove duplicate lines, remove whitespace
- Search and replace using Regular Expressions. Create sophisticated searches.
- Regular Expression test tool
- Regular Expression library – Save your searches.
- Create backup files
- Fully Unicode Compatible – Search ANSI, UTF-8, UTF-16, etc.
- Highlighted search results
- Export Results
- Preview Replace Function
- Copy found files to new location
- Batch Find and Replace”