Search and Replace Text
The Search and Replace Text activity searches for and replaces text that you specify in a text file.
This activity replaces functionality in the Manage Text File legacy activity from Opalis 6.3.
Configuring the Search and Replace Text Activity
Before you configure the Search and Replace Text activity, you need to determine the following:
The file name you want to search in.
The encoding that the file you want to search in uses.
The text you want to search for.
The replacement text.
Use the following information to configure the Search and Replace Text activity.
Details Tab
| Settings | Configuration Instructions |
|---|---|
| File | Enter the path and name of the file that you want to read the text from, or select the ellipsis button (...) and browse for it. |
| File encoding | Select the ellipsis button (...) to open the File Encoding dialog and select the format that the file is encoded in from the File Encoding dropdown list. Verify that you select the correct encoding format: if the file uses a different encoding format, the activity fails. |
| Search text | Enter the text that you're searching for in the file. |
| 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. |
| Use regular expressions | Select this option to use regular expressions in your search. |
| Replacement text | Enter the text that you want to replace the search text with. |
Published Data
The following table lists the published data items.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Case sensitive | Indicates whether the Case sensitive checkbox 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 the 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 checkbox was checked or not. |