Windows 10 Find and replace TEXT with FILENAME

Neemobeer

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• Apr 8, 2019

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With PowerShell

Code:

$SearchDirectory = "C:\path\to\directory"

$Files = Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchDirectory -File

foreach($File in $Files)
{
    $FileData = Get-Content $File.FullName
    $ReplaceString = "Hello"
    $ReplaceData = "Hello+$($File.Name)"

    $NewFileData = $FileData.Replace($ReplaceString,$ReplaceData)
   
    Out-File -FilePath $File.FullName -InputObject $NewFileData -Force
}

 

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marcoswebot

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• Apr 8, 2019

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• #3

Neemobeer said:

With PowerShell

Code:

$SearchDirectory = "C:\path\to\directory"

$Files = Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchDirectory -File

foreach($File in $Files)
{
    $FileData = Get-Content $File.FullName
    $ReplaceString = "Hello"
    $ReplaceData = $File.Name

    $NewFileData = $FileData.Replace($ReplaceString,$ReplaceData)
   
    Out-File -FilePath $File.FullName -InputObject $NewFileData -Force
}

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Thanks Neemobeer, but this did not work for me.
I did not explain very good. I try again:

What I need to do is to change the TEXT "Hello" with the TEXT "Hello+filename"

 

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Neemobeer

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Code changed to reflect that

 

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marcoswebot

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Neemobeer said:

Code changed to reflect that

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Thanks again!! This is not working :-(

 

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Neemobeer

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• Apr 9, 2019

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You need to change the path mentioned in the first line
$SearchDirectory = "C:\path\to\directory"

Otherwise post the error "this is not working" doesn't tell me much.

 

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• Apr 11, 2019

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Neemobeer, thanks again for your help.
It works but somehow when I open the file with my program i get this: ÿþ% instead of the full text.
If I open the program with text editor it works but with my special text editor no :-/ Do you know which could be the reason?

Thanks a lot :-D

 

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