Using KFileReplace
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Chapter 2. Using KFileReplace


KFileReplace in its standalone incarnation

The Toolbar

The KFileReplace toolbar should looks like this:


KFileReplace's toolbar

The toolbar shows you the buttons of the main functionalities.

Toolbar Icons

New session

This button shows a session dialog in which you can set several basic options; if KFileReplace run as standalone application you should click this button as first step.

Search only

This button starts a search loop.

Replace

This button starts a search&replace loop. When a string has been found, KFileReplace replaces it with another string.

Simulated Replace

This button starts a simulated search&replace loop. Nothing really happens when you click this button.

Stop

This button stops an operation.

Add Strings

This button opens the Add Strings dialog in which you can edit your string list.

Delete Strings

This button deletes the selected (or the current if there is no selection) string from the list.

Edit Strings

This button edits a selected string.

Delete List

This button deletes all the strings in the list.

Invert Strings

This button swaps the search string with the replace string, so you can revert a search/replace operation.

Load String List

This button loads a string list saved in a xml file with a kfr extension.

Search in Subfolders

This button allows you to search/replace recursively in the subfolders of your base directory.

Make Backup Files

This button enables generation of backup files.

Case-sensitive Search

This button enables case-sensitive searching.

Commands

This button enables commands capability. Commands are special strings. See the section called “Commands”.

Regular expressions

This button enables Qt-like regular expressions.

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