◄Up► ◄Contents► ◄Index► ◄Back► ─────Programmer's WorkBench───────────────────────────────────────────────── Search menu, Replace command Choose Replace to perform a plain-text or regular-expression find-and-replace operation on the current file or a list of files. Find Text Specifies the text or pattern. Replace Text Specifies the replacement text or pattern. Match Case Matches the letter case of the find text. Regular Expression Matches using regular expressions (patterns). The current regular-expression syntax is shown in parentheses. Wrap Around Wraps around the ends of the file. Find and Verify Prompts for confirmation at each match. Replace All Replaces all matches without prompting. Files Brings up a dialog box where you can build a list of files and wildcards to scan. To replace text or a regular expression in multiple files: 1. Turn on any search options you want. 2. Choose Files. PWB displays the Replace in Selected Files dialog box where you can build a list of files and wildcards to scan. See: ◄Replace in Selected Files► 3. Choose OK. PWB immediately begins searching and does not return to the Find dialog box. TIP: To enter a tab character or other special character in the Find Text box, use the Quote function («quote»). See: Quote, ◄Inserting ASCII Characters► See Mreplace, Mreplaceall, Qreplace, Replace, Searchwrap, Unixre ◄Regular Expressions► -♦-