How to replace a particular "url" with "url" of each webpage in multiple files using Notepad++?

guy038

Hello, @ramanand-jhingade, @alan-kilborn, @terry-r, @peterjones and All,

@ramanand-jhingade, I’ve found out a solution to achieve what you want ! My method use the Windows version of the Unix gawk utility program.

It allows you to add the name of the current file before the string " /> ending any line which begins with the string <link rel"canonical" href=" in current file

Here is the road map :

Open a DOS command prompt
cd /d <Asolute_Path to Folder containing ALL your *.HTM? files>
md resul ( create a sub-folder resul which will contain the same files as original ones, after modifications )
Double-click to the link below, to download the gawk-4.1.0-bin.zip archive

https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/gnu-on-windows/gawk-4.1.0-bin.zip

Move this archive to the folder containing all your *.HTM? files
Double-click on the gawk-4.1.0-bin.zip archive
Extract the only program gawk.exe from the archive, into the folder containing all your *.HTM? files
Paste the long line, below, in your DOS command prompt and valid with the Enter key :

for %F in (*.htm?) do @del "resul\%F" 2>nul & @gawk.exe -F"\x22 />" " /^<link rel\"canonical\" href=\x22/ {$1 = $1 \"/\" FILENAME FS} ; {print} " "%F" >> "resul\%F"

After complete execution, double-click on the resul folder

=> Within the resul folder, you should get the list of all original *.htm? files with the current filename added at the end of any line, beginning with <link rel\"canonical\" href=", right before the string " />

For instance, if current filename is Test.htm, any line, beginning with the string <link rel"canonical" href=", in current file, will be changed into <link rel"canonical" href="•••••/Test.htm" />, where the part ••••• represents the initial link of that line

Notes :

Your original files are not changed at all !
You may re-run the line for %F in •••••••••• "resul\%F", without any problem, as the process deletes any current file, in resul folder, before rewriting it !

Best Regards,

guy038

Ramanand Jhingade

@guy038 I did whatever you wrote above but it copied all the files to the resul folder without any addition of the names of the files. I used Solution 2 mentioned at www.codeproject.com/Answers/5301640/How-to-find-and-add-the-file-name-of-each-file-in#answer2 and it added the file names but without the “.htm” or “.html” after the names of the files. I have read what you have posted in other threads, so I think you can help to add the filenames with the “.htm” or “.html” after the names of the files. You can give me a method which usesCommand Prompt or PowerShell. Thanks for your time and help!

Ramanand Jhingade

@Ramanand-Jhingade OK, in the Solution2 mentioned in the link above, I changed BaseName to FullName. I then used Notepad++ to remove the full path (using “find” and “replace”) but keep the filenames and their extensions. Thanks for all the help guys!

guy038

Hello, @ramanand-jhingade, @alan-kilborn, @terry-r, @peterjones and All,

@ramanand-jhingade, sorry that my method did not work :-( I don’t understand !

It’s important to note that my method would work ONLY IF the beginning of the “canonical” line is exactly :

<link rel"canonical" href="
^
|
Beginning of line

If this line could be, for instance, any of these ones, below :

<link rel "canonical" href="
<link rel"canonical"href="
<link rel "canonical"href="

  <link rel "canonical" href="
  <link rel"canonical"href="
  <link rel "canonical"href="

My method would not find the canonical line ! So, just tell me about it !

I even made tests with files containing a space chars in their names like This is a test.html and it did create the correct line :

<link rel"canonical" href="https://cure4incurables.in/This is a test.html" />

Of course, in this specific case, in order to get functional links, we must change any space char with the %20 syntax, thank to the S/R, below :

SEARCH (?-i)(?:href="|(?!\A)\G)(?:(?!").)*?\K\x20

REPLACE %20

Using the Regular expression search mode and ticking the Wrap around option would result, after replacement, in the functional line :

<link rel"canonical" href="https://cure4incurables.in/This%20is%20a%20test.html" />

Best Regards,

guy038