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Recursively find and replace files (Windows)
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rem Recursively find and replace files | |
rem This script starts from current directory recursive search for the file name given in the first parameter and replace it (keeping its name) with the file given in second parameter. | |
rem source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10423757 | |
rem usage: fr.bat targetName replacementFile | |
rem example fr.bat test1.txt c:\data\replacementfile.txt would recursively search for "test1.txt" and replace it (keeping its name) withe the file "c:\data\replacementfile.txt" | |
@echo off | |
set targetName=%~NX1 | |
set replacementFile=%~F2 | |
call :processFolder | |
goto :EOF | |
:processFolder | |
rem For each folder in this level... | |
for /D %%a in (*) do ( | |
rem ...enter into it, process it and go back to original | |
cd %%a | |
if exist "%targetName%" ( | |
copy "%replacementFile%" "%targetName%" /Y | |
) | |
call :processFolder | |
cd .. | |
) | |
exit /B |
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