Utility to search and replace text in files including subdirectories in Windows

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Published on 2010-05-10T16:11:25Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 16:14 UTC
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For Linux, sed and find are an easy option to search and replace in many files including subdirectories. Is there a way to do the same in Windows (with or without PowerShell)?

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