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(Get-Content $_ | ForEach { $_ -replace 'Original-Word', 'New-Word' }) |
Set-Content $_
}</pre><p>You need to edit the above script. First, edit the ‘Path-to-files’ part with the actual path to the folder with all the text files in it. Second, replace the ‘Original-Word’ with the word you want to replace. Finally, replace the ‘New-Word’ with the word you want to replace the old one with. For example, I have a few text files that all have the word ‘Post’ in them. I want to replace the word Post with Article. This is what the script will look like once I’ve edited it to suit my scenario.</p><pre>Get-ChildItem 'C:\Users\fatiw\Desktop\notepad-files\*.txt' -Recurse | ForEach {
(Get-Content $_ | ForEach { $_ -replace 'Post', 'Article' }) |
Set-Content $_
}</pre><p>Once you’ve edited the script, save it with the ps1 file extension. Make sure you change the file type from text files to all files in Notepad’s save as dialog. Run the script and it will perform the replace function.</p><figure class="not-lazy alignnone size-full wp-image-278691"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.addictivetips.com/app/uploads/2018/08/replace-word-txt-file.webp"><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="https://www.addictivetips.com/app/uploads/2018/08/replace-word-txt-file-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAf/AABEIAAUACgMBEQACEQEDEQH/xAGiAAABBQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAQIDBAUGBwgJCgsQAAIBAwMCBAMFBQQEAAABfQECAwAEEQUSITFBBhNRYQcicRQygZGhCCNCscEVUtHwJDNicoIJChYXGBkaJSYnKCkqNDU2Nzg5OkNERUZHSElKU1RVVldYWVpjZGVmZ2hpanN0dXZ3eHl6g4SFhoeIiYqSk5SVlpeYmZqio6Slpqeoqaqys7S1tre4ubrCw8TFxsfIycrS09TV1tfY2drh4uPk5ebn6Onq8fLz9PX29/j5+gEAAwEBAQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoLEQACAQIEBAMEBwUEBAABAncAAQIDEQQFITEGEkFRB2FxEyIygQgUQpGhscEJIzNS8BVictEKFiQ04SXxFxgZGiYnKCkqNTY3ODk6Q0RFRkdISUpTVFVWV1hZWmNkZWZnaGlqc3R1dnd4eXqCg4SFhoeIiYqSk5SVlpeYmZqio6Slpqeoqaqys7S1tre4ubrCw8TFxsfIycrS09TV1tfY2dri4+Tl5ufo6ery8/T19vf4+fr/2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA/AP7fP+FeeEmaV57PUp5JppZ5DJ4h1wLumYvIiot+AITIWZI33+WreUrCFUReSWU4OcpSlGo5Sbk/3+JSu97JVkkvJKy6aGXsabbdndu/xz/Lmsfx/fGj/gpFH4Y+MXxY8N2PwC0hrLw98S/Heh2bH4vfFe2LWuk+KdVsLdjbWOs2tlbkxW6HyLO1trWL/V28EMKpGv4lieMvY4jEUoZRhOSlXq04c1atKXLCpKMbyau3ZK76vU85qnd2pQ3fRPr3au/U/wD/2Q==" width="1247" height="600" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" data-is-external-image="true"></picture></figure><p></p><p>If you want to use this same script for XML or LOG files, edit the file extension in the first line. For example,</p><p>This will become</p><pre>Get-ChildItem 'C:\Users\fatiw\Desktop\notepad-files\*.txt'</pre><p>This;</p><pre>Get-ChildItem 'C:\Users\fatiw\Desktop\notepad-files\*.xml'</pre><p>There is one thing you ought to know about this script; it doesn’t match words to words. If you’re looking to replace every occurrence of ‘the’ with ‘a’, it will also replace the ‘the’ at the start of ‘these’ and ‘there’. That is a shortcoming of this script. To work around it, you can use Notepad++ which has a match word option.</p><p> </p><p>https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/replace-a-word-in-multiple-text-files-windows-10/</p></div><footer class="wrapper post__footer"><p class="post__last-updated">This article was updated on July 27, 2026</p><div class="post__share"></div></footer><nav class="pagination"><div class="pagination__title"><span>Read other posts</span></div><div class="pagination__buttons"><a href="https://graphicdesigngeek.com/useful-tips-for-datasets.html" class="btn previous" rel="prev" aria-label="[MISSING TRANSLATION]:  useful tips for datasets "><span class="btn__icon">←</span> <span class="btn__text">useful tips for datasets</span> </a><a href="https://graphicdesigngeek.com/minimax-helpful-information.html" class="btn next" rel="next" aria-label="[MISSING TRANSLATION]:  minimax helpful information "><span class="btn__text">minimax helpful information</span> <span class="btn__icon">→</span></a></div></nav></article></main><footer class="footer"><div class="footer__inner"><div class="footer__copyright"><p>© 2024 Powered by Publii CMS :: <a href="https://github.com/panr/hugo-theme-terminal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Theme</a> ported by the <a href="https://getpublii.com/customization-service/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Publii Team</a></p></div></div></footer></div><script defer="defer" src="https://graphicdesigngeek.com/assets/js/scripts.min.js?v&#x3D;c2232aa7558e9517946129d2a1b8c770"></script><script>window.publiiThemeMenuConfig={mobileMenuMode:'sidebar',animationSpeed:300,submenuWidth: 'auto',doubleClickTime:500,mobileMenuExpandableSubmenus:true,relatedContainerForOverlayMenuSelector:'.top'};</script><script>var images = document.querySelectorAll('img[loading]');
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