Find and Replace text within file(s) Notice that munge looks for a complete string (delimited with spaces) - it won't match part of a string.
MUNGE ScriptFile [-q] [-e] [-o] [-k] [-r] [-m] [-@] [-n] [-L] [-l] [-i] [-c] [-v] [-t] [-a] [-s] [-f] [-u undoFileName] [-z] FilesToMunge...
CHANGE - Change values in a text file.
FOR - Conditionally perform a command several times.
FIND - Search for a text string in a file.
FINDSTR - Search for strings in files.
Equivalent Linux BASH commands:
grep - Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern.
gawk - Find and Replace text within file(s).
tr - Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters.
Each line in the ScriptFile should take one of the 3 forms:
oldName newName
"oldString" "newString"
-f .Ext Name. Name.Ext
In the script file -f may be used to restrict the files processed by MUNGE when FilesToMunge is a wildcard.
-f [Name].[Ext]
When FilesToMunge (on the command-line) is a specific file then this filename will override any -f setting.
When MUNGE is used with a wildcard to modify multiple files then you must specify -f in the scriptfile.
When writing a .ini script for munge watch out for trailing spaces.
In the onscreen feedback a TOKEN means your script may replace one word with another, while a LITERAL STRING means your script will replace one "Quoted String" with "Another Quoted string".
Munge script files can contain multiple string replacements - these will be applied in one pass only. In other words if you replace A with B and also replace B with C. Then A will not be changed into C (unless you run the MUNGE command twice.)
Bugs:
Munge will not work reliably for files greater than 2 Mb -
specifically if the string being searched for is not found in
the first 2 MB of the file, then it won't be found at all. If
Munge is run twice in the same CMD shell against a large file
then the second attempt will fail with errors. [NT 4.0 + sp 6
+ Reskit]
MUNGE myChanges.ini FileToMunge.txt
Where myChanges.ini contains:
-F FileToMunge.txt "Driver32=C:\WINNT\System32\odbc16.dll" "Driver32=C:\WINNT\System32\odbc32.dll" "Driver32=C:\WINNT\System32\jct16.dll" "Driver32=C:\WINNT\System32\jct32.dll"
Notice that the whole string has to be spelled out even though only a small part is being changed. When changing a large or complex file this is considered a good thing.
none.