I needed a search-and-replace tool just now (to make global changes to a website). So, I searched the Developer Tools section of WebAttack and found ReplaceEm. (WebAttack is a great resource for freeware and shareware, especially since each program is rated.)
Anyhow, ReplaceEm worked so flawlessly that I thought I’d mention it here. It’s freeware, of course, and supports ordinary search-and-replace and regular expressions. It even allows for a separate destination directory for the modified files (which can be very handy if you need to be cautious).
Yeah, some editors come with global search-and-replace utilities built-in, but I don’t think I’ll need that after finding ReplaceEm.
I’ve always just gone with BBEdit, but if I’m ever stuck without my Mac I’ll check out ReplaceEm.
Tried ReplaceEm after hearing so many raves about it but I was too dumb to figure out the interface. Seems like you have to config groups of “file sets” before you start replacing. Why can’t you just type *.html, replace x with y, hit enter, and have it work like funduc and wingrep do?