Macro Reference — Tutorial — Replace in Files (Tutorial)

# Replace in Files (Tutorial)

To replace a string within specified files in a path, use ReplaceInFiles Method.

The following example demonstrates how to replace `<H3> ... </H3>` in a HTML file with `<H4> ... </H4>`.

## [JavaScript]

    editor.ReplaceInFiles( "<H3>(.\*?)</H3>", "<H4>\\\\1<H4>", "C:\\\\web\\\\\*.htm", eeFindReplaceRegExp | eeReplaceBackup, eeEncodingSystemDefault, "\*.bak", "C:\\\\Backup" );

## [VBScript]

    editor.ReplaceInFiles "<H3>(.\*?)</H3>", "<H4>\\1<H4>", "C:\\web\\\\*.htm", eeFindReplaceRegExp Or eeReplaceBackup, eeEncodingSystemDefault, "\*.bak", "C:\\Backup"

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