Search and Replace Text

The Search and Replace Text object searches for and replaces text that you specify in a text file.

Note: This object replaces functionality in the Manage Text File Legacy object. For more information, see the Legacy topic.

How it is used

Use the Search and Replace Text object to search for text that you specify and replace it with other text.

Configuration

To configure the Search and Replace Text object you need to know the name of the file that you want to search in, the encoding it uses, the text that you want to search for, and the text that you want to replace it with.

Details Tab

 

File	Type the path and name of the file that you want to read the text from, or click the ellipsis button (...) and browse for it.
File encoding	Click the ellipsis button (...) and select the format that the file is encoded in from the File encoding drop-down list. Verify that you select the correct encoding format: if the file uses a different encoding format, the object fails.
Search text	Type the text that you are searching for in the file.
Use regular expressions	Select this option to use regular expressions in your search. For more information on regular expressions, see the “Regular Expressions” topic in the Opalis Integration Server Online Help.
Case sensitive	Select this option to search only for lines where the case of the words matches the text from the Search text field exactly.
Replacement text	Type the text that you want to replace the search text with.

Available Published Data

 

Name	Description
Case sensitive	Indicates whether the Case sensitive check box was checked or not.
File encoding	The file encoding format that you selected in the File encoding field.
File name	The name of the file that was searched for text.
Line number of match	The line number where matching text was found.
Modified line	The entire line of text as it was written after the replace operations occurred.
Number of lines matched	The number of lines where matching text was found.
Number of matches	The number of matching items that were found.
Original line	The entire line of text as it was written before the replace operation occurred.
Replace text	The text that was used to replace the search text.
Search text	The search string that was used for the search.
Use Regex	Indicates whether the Use regular expressions check box was checked or not.

Common Published Data