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Re: Search and replace text in XML file?

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On 28/07/2012 09:29, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 28/07/2012 08:17, Terry Reedy wrote:
>> On 7/27/2012 9:23 PM, todd.tabern@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I'm looking to search an entire XML file for specific text and
>>> replace that text, while maintaining the structure of the XML file.
>>
>> For a one-off project, or for experimentation, I would use a proper
>> text-editor* and run through with search/replace. For automation, use
>> Jason's suggestion of .replace, perhaps on a line-by-line basis.
>>
>> * By definition, such only make changes you request. Notepad++ is one
>> such on Windows. You do not want a word or document processor, or, for
>> simple xml oblivious text substitutions, an xml processor. Such things
>> often make changes of various sorts.
>>
>
> I highly recommend the use of notepad++.  If anyone knows of a better
> text editor for Windows please let me know :)
>
My own preference is EditPad. I liked EditPad Lite so much that I
bought EditPad Pro.

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Search and replace text in XML file? todd.tabern@gmail.com - 2012-07-27 18:23 -0700
  Re: Search and replace text in XML file? Jason Friedman <jason@powerpull.net> - 2012-07-27 20:07 -0600
  Re: Search and replace text in XML file? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-07-28 03:17 -0400
    Re: Search and replace text in XML file? Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2012-07-31 15:45 +0100
  Re: Search and replace text in XML file? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-28 09:29 +0100
  Re: Search and replace text in XML file? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-07-28 17:01 +0100
  Re: Search and replace text in XML file? Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2012-07-28 15:32 -0700

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