[thelist] Search & Replacer

Hassan Schroeder hassan at webtuitive.com
Sat Jan 11 14:24:01 CST 2003


Dave Denis wrote:
> The problem with this though is that there is no undo.  Depending on how
> familiar the user is with crafting a regex this might be an important
> thing.

"undo"? Real Programmers(tm) Don't Undo  :-)

OK, yeah, good point, and I was remiss in not saying that before I'd
turn loose something like that I would (1) test the regexp on a small
sample population, and (2) make a backup copy of the *entire* target
directory just in case...

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