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Text file Find and Replace - multiple substitutions, multiple files

i've inherited several projects that need PHP source file text substitutions across multiple files
in a directory.
There's a set of about 10 very simple (unique) text substitutions to perform.
no regex is needed.

i've looked at FAR and TextCrawler and they seem to only do ONE FROM-TO substitution across multiple files (albeit very elegantly).

Does anyone know of a tool that does multiple (simple) substitutions across multiple files?
Windows7

thanks

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gr8gonzo

If there's only 10 simple changes, why not just do them manually? You'll spend more time finding the right tool and making sure it works as expected, and there's no screw-ups...

willsherwood

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Sorry i wasn't clear
i have to make the (same) SET of changes to MULTIPLE files (about 100 files per project)

Thus manually edit by edit in an editor or trying to program in a language and debug file handling, etc.,
would not be an efficient solution.

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willsherwood

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i just found Replace Studio Business Edition
and it seems have built-in all the features i'm looking for
if it doesn't do the job, i'll try perl + Notepad++

thanks all

willsherwood

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thanks for your help

NVIT

Thanks for the update, willsherwood. Glad to help.