Performing operations with the found files
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Enter the text you want to search for. When the found files appear in the results pane, you can:
- switch to the Search tab and click a file to view its contents in the context viewer;
- double-click a file to open it in an external program;
- right-click a file to open it in another program, to copy or to cut it, to send it to your USB flash drive, or to delete it;
- press Alt+Enter to view file properties;
- press F3 to launch an external viewer (you can choose one in the Options dialog);
- press F4 to launch an external editor.
After pressing the Replace button, you can do the same operations with modified files.
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You also can use Open, View, and Edit commands in the File menu at the bottom of the Replace tab.
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