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DESCRIPTION
MassReplaceIt is a utility that performs a find and replace on the contents or filenames of multiple files at once. A search is simple to set up, yet provides powerful features such as a mask and saveable queries.

Additionally, there are a number of options to control a search, such as case sensitive and whole words options and a choice of searching entire files or just the beginning or end.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.9.1:
  • Fixed version checking and website, email and donation links which broke when the old website went down. The new website is at http://www.hexmonkeysoftware.com.
  • Interface enhancements to search preparation and masks
  • Fixed several bugs including a memory leak and a rare crash
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

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SCREENSHOT

Developer:HexMonkey Software
Downloads:12,187
  - Version d/l:3,471
Utilities:File Management
License:Free
Date:12 Sep 2006
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
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Dec 10 2006
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MCFRAG  I've used this puppy mainly to selectively replace the contents of HTML files I created in iWeb.

For this, it is IMHO an ideal tool! Changing contents 30 files just takes a few seconds. And that's for multiple changes per file. Fast enough.

Just use finder search to select the files I want in a hierarchy of folders, then drag&drop them on massreplaceit.

(that's how you can do nested folder/treewalk for those who asked for the feature)

You can have multiple sets saved for various repetitive tasks, so even if a more complex search-and-replace is needed to modify a file (or files) which normally would take a 2-step approach, it can be done. With ease.

The fields can take quite lengthy pieces of text (I haven't ran against a limit yet), which makes it very easy to have f.e. the META values in a HTML file be replaced by something I want.

For me it's an ideal side-companion to iWeb.  
(Version 2.9.1)

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Jul 17 2006
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DOM21  Worthless to me. Asked it to remove the extension .ts from the end of a folder full of .ts files. It couldn't. Asked it to remove "p.0" from the middle of the same files and replace it with "p." It couldn't.

I'm glad so many others are having such roaring success though. I'll look elsewhere.

OSX3.9  
(Version 2.9)

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Jul 19 2006

HEXMONKEY SOFTWARE  Hi Dom21,

Thanks for your feedback. Most likely your search settings weren't correct, for example it may have been set to search contents when you wanted to search filenames. If you email me (see the link on the MassReplaceIt website) I can help you find the problem.  
(Version 2.9)

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Sep 4 2005
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JUSTIN NIGHTINGALE  Well, slap me sideways and call me Mary Poppins, if this isn't the best thing since.. really good things started.. being. Does what you want, no fuss, lots of features. Download this puppy before she scampers away and leaves you standing there with a lead in your hand. Discipline, thats the key. Harsh but fair. You know what I'm saying?  
(Version 2.7.1)

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Aug 8 2005
*****

ANONYMOUS  Great. Works fast and accurately with plenty of options. Very tidy and great freeware.  
(Version 2.7.1)

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Jun 10 2005
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ALEX KADIS  It's very nice, but I wish it had a recursive option (continuous searching through directories). Thank you very much for releasing this for free.  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Jun 11 2005

HEXMONKEY SOFTWARE  It does, in the Preferences uncheck the "Limit folder search depth to [x] levels" option.  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Feb 23 2005

RICHO  Nice start and nearly very useful, but the content feature has glitches. Try replacing 'Pop' in '"Pop?"' or even 'Pop.' with another word and it gets into trouble with the punctuation.  
(Version 2.2)

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Feb 23 2005

HEXMONKEY SOFTWARE  I tried your example, and it worked exactly as expected, as follows:

Search text: Pop

Replace text: Replaced

File contents before search: "Pop?"

File contents after search: "Replaced?"

If you got a different result, could you post specific details, including search options, so that I can look into a fix?  
(Version 2.2)

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Jan 24 2005
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ANONYMOUS  Developer: You are my hero. Why Apple never included this in the system I have no idea. Thank you! : )  
(Version 2.1)

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Dec 22 2004

HEXMONKEY SOFTWARE  The site is now working again, sorry for any inconvenience.  
(Version 2.0.2)

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Dec 14 2004

HEXMONKEY SOFTWARE  Unfortunately the main site is currently down, so the download link won't work. In the mean time, you can download the current version from the following temporary mirror:

http://www.welian.co.uk/hexmonkey/mri.dmg.zip

Sorry for any inconvenience.  
(Version 2.0.2)

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Dec 13 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  Version 2 is perfect! Quite shocked by the rate of updates however (first 2, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 all in one week!) It's ok though, as the app is only 152K.

It's not an app one uses all the time.. but when you do need to... it's great as it saves so much time!

Unfortunately, it doesn't really support .doc format... but it's very rare you need to change a word in several essays. However, that's an area for improvement.

For HTML though, it's great!  
(Version 2.0.2)

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