Integrating Aba with Directory Opus
Aba Search and Replace can be integrated with Directory Opus, the file manager by GPSoftware.
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- In Directory Opus, click Settings > Customize toolbars.
- Under Script Commands > User-defined Commands, click Add new User Command....
- Type AbaReplace in the Name field.
- Choose Browse > File. Choose the Aba executable file (usually,
C:\Program files (x86)\AbaReplace\AbaReplace.exe
). - Click Arguments > Paths > {sourcepath} Want source path (long) or just type
{sourcepath}
. - Click OK.
- Switch to the Keys tab and click the plus icon (New hotkey (Alt+N)), then choose New lister hotkey from the menu.
- Select a new hotkey for Aba, for example, Shift+F3, which is easy to remember because of its similarity to the built-in search (F3).
- Select AbaReplace in the Function field.
- Click OK in both windows to save the changes.
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Now you can press the chosen keyboard shortcut in the lister window and Aba window will appear.
You can also run Aba for the selected files and folders. Please use {sourcepath}\{allfile}
as the argument. You may wish to set a different hotkey for this case. Note that Aba is also available from the File menu.
This is a page from Aba Search and Replace help file.
- Welcome to Aba
- Getting started
- How-to guides
- Selecting the files to search in
- Inserting some text at the beginning of each file
- Replacing multiple lines of text
- Searching in Unicode files
- Replacing in binary files
- Performing operations with the found files
- Undoing a replacement
- Saving search parameters for further use
- Removing private data
- Adding or removing Aba from Explorer context menu
- Integrating Aba with Total Commander
- Integrating Aba with Free Commander
- Integrating Aba with Directory Opus
- Regular Expressions
- Replacement syntax
- User interface
- Command line
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Version history
- Credits