find and replace application

[freebie]

Hi all,

i've been struggling with a task at work for a while now,

i'm looking for a piece of software i can set to find a file across lots of locations and then replace it with a specified file, anyone got any suggestions to help a guy in need?

Any help very very very greatly appreciated!

[Thrackan]

Lots of locations = multiple servers? Multiple OS?

Something like a sync service?

[yogurt_21]

is this a full find and replace as in you don't know where all the locations are?

or would a sync service work as thrackan suggested?

in the server realm we always opt for automated processes over manual so I just have to replace 1 file on the main and all 2000 others that I manage get it.

but if you don't know where it is then it's going to be difficult to go accross multiple systems.

Is this related to a program? is there a database that's associated with that program? because that would be far simpler than a generic find and replace.

[freebie]

It's across Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, the file is sitting in the profiles of all of the users on the network, all 1200 of them. So a find and replace utility would be best so that I can run it on each of the 6 servers and set it to replace the file.

[Thrackan]

Is what you are looking for not possible with a Group Policy?

[freebie]

We tried with group policy, but because we are running an RM CC3 network which has lots of extra security policys on it and lots of pretty interfaces for doing things we can't get it to work through GPO's.

[Thrackan]

You might be able to do it with a batch/powerscript, but you would need a list of hosts, and those profiles need to be accessible from the network.

Then basically script the following in a foreach loop, iterating your list of hosts:
- do a find in \\$HOST\$PROFILEDIR\ for the filename
- copy file to each found path

[freebie]

Originally Posted by Thrackan

You might be able to do it with a batch/powerscript, but you would need a list of hosts, and those profiles need to be accessible from the network.

Then basically script the following in a foreach loop, iterating your list of hosts:
- do a find in \\$HOST\$PROFILEDIR\ for the filename
- copy file to each found path

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Problem we've got is that the powers above us, want it doing yesterday!!!!!!

We were looking at something like "Global Find" but that only does text.

[Thrackan]

Originally Posted by freebie

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Problem we've got is that the powers above us, want it doing yesterday!!!!!!

We were looking at something like "Global Find" but that only does text.

That's not a problem, that's what they always want. Ignore that as much as you can.

Either way, a simple batch of powerscript should be able to do what you want.