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Replace String in file contents and file names using PowerShell

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  1. function Replace-String($find, $replace, $path)
  2. {
  3. 	echo "Replacing string `"$find`" with string `"$replace`" in file contents and file names of path: $path"
  4.     ls $path | select-string $find -list |% { echo "Processing contents of $($_.Path)"; (get-content $_.Path) |% { $_ -replace $find, $replace } | set-content $_.Path -Force }
  5. 	ls $path\*$find* |% { echo "Renaming $($_.FullName) to $($_.FullName.Replace($find, $replace))";mv $_.FullName $_.FullName.Replace($find, $replace) }
  6. }
  7.  
  8. # Example
  9. Replace-String "Temp1" "Temp2" "D:\Temp"

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