I am searching for a VBScript that does a search and replace in files (e.g. 1.txt 2.xml). I have file "1.txt" that inside there is the word "temporary" and I want to change it to "permanent". Because I get this file a lot I need a script for it.
Every time that I try to write a script that contains open a txt file and the command replace, it doesn't.
I found a script that change this file with another file and does the change inside, but this is not what I am looking for.
Try this
If WScript.Arguments.Count <> 3 then
WScript.Echo "usage: Find_And_replace.vbs filename word_to_find replace_with "
WScript.Quit
end If
FindAndReplace WScript.Arguments.Item(0), WScript.Arguments.Item(1), WScript.Arguments.Item(2)
WScript.Echo "Operation Complete"
function FindAndReplace(strFilename, strFind, strReplace)
Set inputFile = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").OpenTextFile(strFilename, 1)
strInputFile = inputFile.ReadAll
inputFile.Close
Set inputFile = Nothing
Set outputFile = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").OpenTextFile(strFilename,2,true)
outputFile.Write Replace(strInputFile, strFind, strReplace)
outputFile.Close
Set outputFile = Nothing
end function
Save this in a file called Find_And_Replace.vbs, it can then be used at the command line like this.
[C:\]> Find_And_Replace.vbs "C:\1.txt" "temporary" "permanent"
*This method is case sensitive "This" != "this"
If you don't want to read the entire file into memory, you could use a temp file like this.
If WScript.Arguments.Count <> 3 then
WScript.Echo "usage: Find_And_replace.vbs filename word_to_find replace_with "
WScript.Quit
end If
FindAndReplace WScript.Arguments.Item(0), WScript.Arguments.Item(1), WScript.Arguments.Item(2)
WScript.Echo "Operation Complete"
function FindAndReplace(strFile, strFind, strReplace)
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objInputFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFile,1)
strTempDir = objFSO.GetSpecialFolder(2)
Set objTempFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strTempDir & "\temp.txt",2,true)
do until objInputFile.AtEndOfStream
objTempFile.WriteLine(Replace(objInputFile.ReadLine, strFind, strReplace))
loop
objInputFile.Close
Set objInputFile = Nothing
objTempFile.Close
Set objTempFile = Nothing
objFSO.DeleteFile strFile, true
objFSO.MoveFile strTempDir & "\temp.txt", strFile
Set objFSO = Nothing
end function
You can try this version which doesn't slurp the whole file into memory:
Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFile=WScript.Arguments.Item(0)
strOld=WScript.Arguments.Item(1)
strNew=WScript.Arguments.Item(2)
Set objFile = objFS.OpenTextFile(strFile)
Do Until objFile.AtEndOfStream
strLine = objFile.ReadLine
if Instr(strLine,strOld)> 0 Then
strLine=Replace(strLine,strOld,strNew)
End If
WScript.Echo strLine
Loop
Usage:
c:\test> cscript //nologo find_replace.vbs file oldtext newtext
