Replace in Files dialog box¶
This dialog box appears when the
Replace in Files command
is selected. You can specify a string to find, among other options to find in
files. Enter a string to search for. If this is a multi-line text box, you can enter newline characters by pressing CTRL + ENTER. While the drop-down list is open, you may press ALT + DELETE to clear the selected history item. Enter a string with which you would like to replace the found string. If this is a multi-line text box, you can enter newline characters by pressing CTRL + ENTER. While the drop-down list is open, you may press ALT + DELETE to clear the selected history item. File types to search within. Wild cards (* and ?) can be used. Also multiple
files can be separated with semicolons (;). Click this button to show the list of available commands. Current File Type When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the File Types drop-down list using the current file type. Current File Extension When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the File Types drop-down list using the current file extension. Current File When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the File Types drop-down list using the current file. Last Used Value When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the File Types drop-down list box with the last used string. Fixed Value When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the File Types drop-down list box with the string set as the fixed value. Auto Save Saves the option (Current File Type, Current File Extension, Current File or Last Used Value) as the default for the next time the dialog box is displayed. The commands also includes the list of available escape sequences or regular expressions. Selecting an item from the list will insert the selected item into the text box next to the button. Specify the folder to be searched. Click this button to show the list of available commands. Current Folder When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the current folder. Parent Folder When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the current parent folder. Grand Parent Folder When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the current grandparent folder. Root Folder When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the current root folder. Last Used Value When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the last used string. Fixed Value When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the string set as the fixed value. Browse Allows you to browse or search for the desired folder. Browse and Add Allows you to browse or search for the desired folder, and add to the existing specified folders. Auto Save Saves the option (Current Folder, Parent Folder, Grand Parent Folder, Root Folder, Last Used Value or Browse) as the default for the next time the dialog box is displayed. The commands also includes the list of available escape sequences or regular expressions. Selecting an item from the list will insert the selected item into the text box next to the button. Match cases when searching for a string. Looks in subfolders of In Folder drop-down list box. Search words only. A word is defined as a string that begins and ends with
any of these characters: A – Z, a – z, 0 – 9, or an underscore. Strings
surrounded by full-width characters are considered as words. When using regular expressions, this check box may not work correctly. When using regular expressions, please use word boundary expressions (\<, \>, and \b) instead. Close the dialog box when finished searching or replacing. If this box is checked, changes to files will not be made immediately; all files that have had
changes made will be left open. Thus you can save the changes after you verify them. After you replace in files with this option
checked, you can select the Save and Close All command if you are satisfied with the changes, or select the
Close All without Saving command if
you wish to undo the changes. If this box is not checked, the maximum number of
files to be replaced is limited to 32. If this box is not checked, you will not be able to undo the changes. It is
recommended that you make backups before you replace in files. How to specify the carriage return (\r) and the line feed (\n) depends on this
check box when you use a regular expression to specify a string to replace. If checked, specify \n without distinguishing the
carriage return or the line feed. If not checked, the carriage return (\r) and
the line feed (\n) must be distinguished when specified. If this box is checked, the backups of the original files will be created in a folder
specified in the Backup Folder text box. If the
Look in Subfolders check box
is checked, the original folder tree will be conserved in the backup folder. If the Save Backups check box is checked, it will specify the file to copy the original. Select the encoding. If you select Configured Encoding, the encoding associated with the opened file extension will be selected. Statistically detect code page from all available code pages. The detection can make
mistakes especially when the file is very small. This option does not include HTML/XML charset detection. Find "charset=..." from HTML files, "encoding=..." from XML files, or "#coding=..." from Python and Ruby files, and use the corresponding encoding. If you open HTML, XML, Python, or Ruby files, check only this option and clear the other options. Statistically detect UTF-8. Saves the encoding-related options (Encoding drop-down list box, and Detect All, Detect HTML/XML Charset, and Detect UTF-8 check boxes) as default so that these options will be restored next time when you open this dialog box. EmEditor will stop searching files if the number of matches reaches the specified value when this check box is set. Click this button to save the current string to find and options, close the
current dialog box, and display the Find in Files dialog box. Add a Linked File... Select a TSV file that contains multiple find and replace strings separated by newlines. This is similar to Import, but a linked file only contains find and replace strings. A linked file also uses less memory, because the file is shown as one entry in the Replace list box. Each line of a linked file contains the find string, a tab, and the replace string. Displays the list of find and replace combinations to be used for the batch process. The following abbreviations are used for the Condition column. C Match Case R Use Regular Expressions W Search Only Word E Match Only Embedded Newlines in CSV S Treat CR and LF Separately D Regular Expression "." can Match Newlines B Use Boost.Regex as the Regular Expression Engine O Use Onigmo as the Regular Expression Engine Enables or disables all items in the list. Toggles between the Batch Replace in Files dialog box and the Replace in Files dialog box. This dialog box can be resized by dragging the right-bottom corner of the dialog box. When the dialog box becomes larger, a multi-line string can be entered as a search term. While multi-line text box is enabled, CTRL + ENTER key can be used to
insert newline characters. The following dialog box is also available through this dialog box. Advanced dialog box (Select Advanced button) Extract Options dialog box (Select Extract Options) Batch Options dialog box (Select Batch Options)Find drop-down list box¶
Replace with drop-down list box¶
File Types drop-down list box¶
>button¶
In Folder drop-down list box¶
>button¶
Match Case check box¶
Look in Subfolders check box¶
Match Whole Word check box¶
Close when Finished check box¶
Keep Modified Files Open check box¶
Save Backups check box¶
Backup Folder text box¶
Encoding drop-down list box¶
Detect All check box¶
Detect HTML/XML Charset check box¶
Detect UTF-8 check box¶
Save Settings check box¶
Stop if number of matches reaches check box/text box¶
<< Find button¶
▼ button¶
List box¶
Enable/Disable All check box¶
<< Batch button¶