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I am writing a batch file script using Windows command-line environment and want to change each occurrence of some text in a file (ex. "FOO") with another (ex. "BAR"). What is the simplest way to do that? Any built in functions?

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I have faced this problem several times while coding under Visual C++. If you have it, you can use Visual studio Find and Replace Utility. It allows you to select a folder and replace the contents of any file in that folder with any other text you want.

Under Visual Studio: Edit -> Find and Replace In the opened dialog, select your folder and fill in "Find What" and "Replace With" boxes. Hope this will be helpful.

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Nadjib, your answer doesn't help the user because your assuming they are using software of which they make no mention. Please suggest an option that doesn't require software.
@Aibrean the answer is no use, but not for that reason, it's the entry point that is wrong.
This response does not deserve the downvotes. In a Windows environment, there aren't a lot of good options to solve the OP's problem. I happen to code in VS and found this to be an excellent answer, and saved me a ton of time hunting for another solution. Replaced 20k+ occurrences in over 2k files across 3 directories in less than a min.
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