File search and replace.

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Scott Closter

Is there a command line utility (or even a GUI based
utility)that will allow you to search for all instances of
a file on a server (multiple drives and /or subfolders),
then replace the version of the file in those instances
with a specific version of the file you wish to deploy?
 
Scott said:
Is there a command line utility (or even a GUI based
utility)that will allow you to search for all instances of
a file on a server (multiple drives and /or subfolders),
then replace the version of the file in those instances
with a specific version of the file you wish to deploy?
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Hi, Scott:

You can probably do this with a simple batch file. Here's
one way:

=====begin c:\cmd\demo\FindAndReplaceAll.cmd ====================
01. @echo off
02. setlocal
03. set file_to_be_replaced=%1
04. set new_file=c:\yourpath\newfile.xyz
05. set drives_to_search=c: j: k:
06. for %%a in (%drives_to_search%) do call :main %%a
07. goto :EOF
08. :main
09. pushd %1\
10. echo/Searching drive %1 for %file_to_be_replaced% - PLEASE WAIT.
11. for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (
12. 'dir /s /b %file_to_be_replaced%'
13. ) do (
14. echo del "%%a"
15. echo copy %new_file% %%~pa
16. )
17. popd
18. goto :EOF
=====end c:\cmd\demo\FindAndReplaceAll.cmd ====================

If this appears to do what you intend, then remove 'echo' from lines 14
and 15 to actually replace the found files.
 
Phil Robyn said:
Hi, Scott:

You can probably do this with a simple batch file. Here's
one way:

=====begin c:\cmd\demo\FindAndReplaceAll.cmd ====================
01. @echo off
02. setlocal
03. set file_to_be_replaced=%1
04. set new_file=c:\yourpath\newfile.xyz
05. set drives_to_search=c: j: k:
06. for %%a in (%drives_to_search%) do call :main %%a
07. goto :EOF
08. :main
09. pushd %1\
10. echo/Searching drive %1 for %file_to_be_replaced% - PLEASE WAIT.
11. for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (
12. 'dir /s /b %file_to_be_replaced%'
13. ) do (
14. echo del "%%a"
15. echo copy %new_file% %%~pa
16. )
17. popd
18. goto :EOF
=====end c:\cmd\demo\FindAndReplaceAll.cmd ====================

If this appears to do what you intend, then remove 'echo' from lines 14
and 15 to actually replace the found files.
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Isn't this precisely what the REPLACE command is supposed to do? As I read
the "/?" docs, you would just have to run it once on each drive.


/Al
 
Al said:
Isn't this precisely what the REPLACE command is supposed to do? As I read
the "/?" docs, you would just have to run it once on each drive.


/Al
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Hi, Al,

Yeah, you're right; REPLACE would probably be able to do this just fine. :-)
 
In said:
Is there a command line utility (or even a GUI based
utility)that will allow you to search for all instances of
a file on a server (multiple drives and /or subfolders),
then replace the version of the file in those instances
with a specific version of the file you wish to deploy?
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You should specify the criteria perhaps.
If the filenames exactly match ...
If internal Version Info ....
etc.

Seems the mentioned replace.exe would address the first case.
 
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