[tlug] Replacing text in multiple files - under Windows :(

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Martin Killmann writes:
 > TLUG,
 > 
 > I have a fairly standard task, several hundred .html files where I need
 > to do some simple text replacements with basic regular expressions.

XEmacs/Dired:  http://www.xemacs.org/Downloads/
Python, Ruby, ...

In other words, "no, working on Windows doesn't mean you can't use
power tools."  Any of the suggestions will work as well as or better
than any of the others, depending on a lot of things you haven't told
us.

If admin policy means you can't install power tools, oh, well.