Search and replace tool that can handle multiple files and subfolders [closed]

Search and replace tool that can handle multiple files and subfolders [closed]

I'm looking for a tool which can search/replace within file contents for a broad range of file types (i.e. it should, if possible, process the maximum possible number of file types like .txt, .sql, .xls, .doc, .r, .c, etc.). It should handle multiple files in multiple folders/subfolders. Just searching the file contents is not enough for me, it should also have the replacing capability.

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Guest [Entry]

"grepWin (not to be confused with Windows Grep) can do this. It supports text-based search and replace, as well as regular expression search and replace:

grepWin is free and open source."

Guest [Entry]

"Windows Grep will probably do what you want. It searches and replaces text in files, including subdirectories.

The primary feature of Windows Grep is
to search the contents of one or more
files on your PC for occurrences of
text strings you specify and display
the results. Once found, it can
replace matches with other strings."