Cool Search & Replace 1.3.4 beta ($10)
This program is a powerful Macintosh mass search and replace program for HTML files. It has the potential to save you hours of time every time you use it.

This tool can search through multiple different folders, modify thousands of files, and can change up to 10 different text strings at once. Now you can perform feats normally reserved for geeks who know complicated scripting languages like Perl.

This program is perfect for fixing broken URLs, changing outdated phone numbers, updating contact info, etc. It is designed to handle thousands and thousands of pages without a problem.

This program is powerful and dangerous. Please only use it on your web sites if you have a backup. Also please take a few minutes to read through the Features and Basic Instructions in the Help section before using the program. There is also Balloon Help available which will help you get the hang of the program in just a few minutes.

This program is distributed on the Shareware system which is based solely on your honor. The program is fully functional. It will annoy you with reminder messages until you register it.

NOTICE: This program may have problems with Mac OS 9. We are doing testing now, but Apple changed so many things that some incompatibilities are likely. Keep checking this page for details. We hope to find all problems and fix them as soon as possible.

 

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Version 1.3.4 beta

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DISCLAIMER:

This is a powerful and dangerous piece of software. It is designed to change 1000's of files at one time. Please only use on a back-up of your files, at least until you are comfortable with how it works. I, the author of the application, make NO warranties for the performance of this program. You can loose lots of data with this program, so use it at your own risk.

• It is designed to tackle large sites. It does not die when you feed it 50,000 pages and more. Programs like BBEdit do die. I love BBEdit, but it does die on large searches because of the way it tries to tackle the problem.
  
  
• It allows you to work on multiple non-nested directories at once. You can even be working on two different sites at the same time as long as you have the drives mounted.
  
  
• It allows you to preview changes and back out ones you don't like. At any time you can switch from the preview mode to fully automatic mode.
  
  
• It can keep a backup of every file changed in a folder you specify. The comment on the file shows the original location.
  
  
• You can have up to 10 different searches being processed at once.
  
  
• You can specify how deeply you want nested searches to go. The search can go through all sub-directories, or stop after 1 or more layers.
  
  
• It has an easy user interface, especially compared to the alternatives of learning Pearl or a similar scripting language.
  
  
• You can store a hundreds of searches, name them, and pull them back up for future use.
  
  
• It can easily be set to change only HTML files, leaving other files untouched.
  
  
• It gives you clear progress information as it searches for folders and changes files.
  
  
• Makes it easy to reverse the search and replace fields. A simple click of a button can flip flop these fields.
  
  
• It can run in the background. This dramatically slows progress, but is useful if you need to do a few other things while your search is processing.
  
  
• It has balloon help and a built-in help section.
  
  
• It generates a full report of all the files changed in an HTML document with clickable links to each of the files.
  
  
• It has intelligent search and replace. If you search to replace every instance of "John" with "John Smith" and the document already has some cases of "John Smith", most programs would give you back "John Smith Smith". Some programs would even get stuck in an endless loop. This program will not replace "John Smith" with "John Smith Smith". It will only replace the instances of "John" which are not followed with "Smith". This might seem like a small thing, but it can be really handy.
  
  

This program is distributed as Shareware, if you like and decide to keep it, please register. Use the registration form to register this program. Once you register, you will be sent a registration code which will let you disable all the registration reminders. You can get to the registration form by choosing "About Search & Replace..." from the Apple Menu and clicking the "Registration" button.

Please do not distribute a copy of this program with the registration information already entered. You can check the registration information by choosing "About Search & Replace..." from the Apple menu. When you check the registration information, you can unregister the program, and then distribute the program to your friends.

Note: The program is fully functional even before you register. It just has reminders to register. I don't charge a lot for this program, so please register if you find it useful.

1.3.4 beta (3.29.01)

• Minor bug fixes and some speed improvements.

1.3 beta (11/10/99)

• This is the first public release of this program.