The string that is used as the needle can be a plain string or a regular expression.

This operation is suitable for files < 100MB, but not for very large files. The files are stored fully in memory during the replacement. Matching files are overwritten with the modified text. Files that seem to be binary in nature are skipped in this operation.

Environment/Instance Properties

Property Name	Property Code	Required	Description

Project Properties

Property Name	Property Code	Required	Description

Inputs

Input Name

Input Code

Required

Description

Source Path

FDFILE_INP_SOURCE_PATH

No

The source directory path, files in this folder are eligible for property replacement. The FD_TEMP_DIR and FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR variables work great in this field.

File Filter

FDFILE_INP_FILE_FILTER

No

Wildcard compatible expression to select file(s). You can enter multiple filter expressions separated by ##. Leave empty to select all files. The ## performs an OR expression. This will filter Files or Directory names but not the path. (e.g. for "/this/is/a/test/path" if you use "path" it will filter it, if you use "/this/is/a/test/path" it will not)

Here are some examples and expected behaviors:

Filter Text	Result
.properties##.xml##.conf##.temp	selects all .properties, .xml, .conf, and .temp files and folders.
*.war	selects all .war files
*.war##important.xml##readme.md	selects all .war files, important.xml, and readme.md

File Exclude Filter

FDFILE_INP_FILE_FILTER_EXCLUDED

No

Wildcard compatible expression to exclude file(s) OR folders. You can enter multiple filter expressions separated by ##. Leave empty to select all files. The ## performs an OR expression. This will filter Files or Directory names but not the path. (e.g. for "/this/is/a/test/path" if you use "path" it will filter it, if you use "/this/is/a/test/path" it will not)

Here are some examples and expected behaviors:

Filter Text	Result
svn##.git##*.temp	excludes any .temp, svn, .git files and folders
*.war	excludes all .war files
*.tmp##boring.xml##readme.md	excludes all .tmp, boring.xml, and readme.md files

Combining include and exclude filters

File Filer	File Exclude Filter	Result
.war##.jar	badProject	select all .war and .jar files, unless there is a folder named badProject in its path
.war##.ear	badProject.war	select all .ear and .war files, except badProject.war
	*.tmp##boring.xml##readme.md	select everything except all .tmp files, boring.xml, and readme.md
*.war		select all .war files
Important.*	*.class	select all files that start with Important, unless they end in .class

Needle Text FDFILE_INP_REPLACE_NEEDLE Yes The string or regular expression to search for in the files

Replace Text FDFILE_INP_REPLACE_TARGET No The text that will replace the matches the plugin operation finds. Leaving it blank is acceptable, all the matches will be deleted in this case.

Whole Word Only

FDFILE_INP_REPLACE_WHOLE_WORD_ONLY

No

Should matches only be found when surrounded by word boundaries such as a space, punctuation, or the beginning or end of a line?

Case Insensitive FDFILE_INP_CASE_INSENSITIVE No Should matches be performed case-insensitively?

Quote Pattern FDFILE_INP_QUOTE_PATTERN No If true, the needle will be treated literally as a string. If false, the needle is a regular expression.

Outputs

Output Name	Required	Description

Artifacts

This operation delegates consumes/produces artifacts decision to the workflow developer. Check Consumes Artifacts on the workflow step editor if this operation requires artifacts to be delivered prior to execution of the script. Check Produces Artifacts on the workflow step editor if this operation creates artifacts. The artifacts folder is available via the FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR variable.

Endpoint Selection

This operation delegates endpoint selection to the workflow developer. The workflow editor will default the selection to "All", which selects all available endpoints associated to the environment instance. Selecting a specific resource will result in selection of endpoints associated to the environment instance which have that resource defined.

Endpoint Execution

This operation delegates endpoint execution to the workflow developer. The workflow editor will default to "Any", which will execute on any one of the selected endpoints, which will be randomly picked from selected endpoints or a specific endpoint where previous step may have executed. Changing this value to "All" to will result in execution on all selected endpoints.

FlexDeploy 5.7