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FIND command without dialog box?


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Is it possible to access the find command from the command line and input your search text in the command line instead of in the dialog box?

 

I tried -find _find and .find and those didn't work.

 

I want to manipulate the find and replace command with a lisp and I don't know how to do that with dialog boxes.

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As a walkaround you could explore the WCMATCH lisp function.

In the Help file it says nothing about a command line version (as it says for other commands), so probable you are out of luck this time.

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fuccaro,

What is the wcmatch lisp? It apparently isn't bundled with my version of ACAD (2005) because I typed it and nothing happened.

(wcmatch string pattern)

Arguments

string

A string to be compared. The comparison is case-sensitive, so uppercase and lowercase characters must match.

pattern

A string containing the pattern to match against string. The pattern can contain the wild-card pattern-matching characters shown in the table Wild-card characters. You can use commas in a pattern to enter more than one pattern condition. Only the first 500 characters (approximately) of the string and pattern are compared; anything beyond that is ignored.

Both arguments can be either a quoted string or a string variable. It is valid to use variables and values returned from AutoLISP functions for string and pattern values.

Return Values

If string and pattern match, wcmatch returns T; otherwise, wcmatch returns nil.

it must be in 2005 too!
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fuccaro,

Thanks! I understand how this could help me find matching strings. How would I be able to replace what I found with a new string?

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This is an old release 12 find/replace lisp:

 

 

;;; REPTEXT.LSP 3.xx is a substantially rewritten version compared to

;;; version 2.xx. Please see the * HISTORY * section below.

;;; REPTEXT.LSP is an AutoCAD Release 12 utility to search & replace

;;; text items in a drawing, including within block definitions,

;;; dimensions, and attributes. It will also process these entities in

;;; nested blocks to any depth.

;;; This routine can be used to search for all or selected instances of

;;; a particular text string, and replace them with a different string.

;;; This is most useful for global replacement of references, phrases,

;;; and control codes. As an example, this routine could be used to

;;; replace the old Release 10-style %%127, 128 and 129 control codes,

;;; with the later %%d, %%p and %%c codes respectively.

;;; * USAGE *

;;; After loading the routine (eg. (load "reptext")) and executing by

;;; typing REPTEXT at the Command: prompt, there are only five or six

;;; prompts to respond to. First you will be asked to specify the text

;;; string to search for, and the string to replace it with. Both can

;;; contain spaces. The search string is not case sensitive.

;;; You are then asked what entity types you wish to process. These can

;;; be normal text, dimension user-supplied text, blocks (containing any of

;;; the other entity types, including nested blocks), and block attribute

;;; values. If you respond with Y or Yes to any of these, any relevant

;;; selected entities will be processed. Responding Y or Yes to blocks

;;; will also ask if attribute values are to be processed. A negative

;;; answer to all entity types will repeat the prompt sequence.

;;; Lastly, you are asked to select the entities to modify. You can do

;;; this with any of the normal AutoCAD entity selection methods (including

;;; ALL, to process the entire drawing). REPTEXT will filter out the

;;; required entities.

;;; The routine will then start processing - you will see text entities

;;; being dynamically altered on screen. Block definitions will be

;;; regenerated on screen after processing is complete. Have fun!

;;; Peter J T Heald, Autodesk UK Ltd.

;;; Tech are the biz.

;;; * HISTORY *

;;; The main changes between version 2.xx and this version are as follows:

;;; Associative dimensions will not loose their updated text values

;;; during stretching and moving.

;;; Block attribute values will now be processed.

;;; Dimensions, text, blocks & attributes within blocks will now be

;;; processed no matter what the level of nesting.

;;; The main reason for rewriting was because version 2.xx was pretty naf.

;;; Notation will be added to the code at some stage, when I have time...

;;; Any comments or suggestions relating to this routine are most welcome.

;;; THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED

;;; WARRANTY. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR

;;; PURPOSE AND OF MERCHANTABILITY ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.

(prompt " REPTEXT.LSP by P.Heald Sept'92-Apr'93 Ver. 3.01\n")

;;; Global variables are: blist oldtxt newtxt txttoo dimtoo blktoo atttoo

(defun c:reptext ( / sslist ss count en bllen bdata nen)

(setvar "cmdecho" 0)

(setq oldtxt (getstring T "\nText to search for: ")

newtxt (getstring T "\nReplace with: ")

txttoo F

dimtoo F

blktoo F

)

(while (not (or txttoo dimtoo blktoo))

(prompt "\nSelect desired operation.")

(initget "Yes No")

(setq txttoo (getkword "\nProcess normal text? : ")

sslist '((-4 . "

)

(if (= txttoo "No")

(setq txttoo F)

(setq sslist (append sslist '((0 . "TEXT")))

txttoo T

)

)

(initget "Yes No")

(setq dimtoo (getkword "\nProcess dimensions? : "))

(if (= dimtoo "Yes")

(setq sslist (append sslist '((0 . "DIMENSION"))))

(setq dimtoo F)

)

(initget "Yes No")

(setq blktoo (getkword "\nProcess blocks? : "))

(if (= blktoo "Yes")

(progn (initget "Yes No")

(setq sslist (append sslist '((0 . "INSERT")))

atttoo (getkword "\nProcess attributes? : ")

)

)

(setq blktoo F)

)

(if (/= atttoo "Yes") (setq atttoo F))

)

(setq sslist (append sslist '((-4 . "OR>")))

ss (ssget sslist)

count 0

blist (list)

)

(prompt "\nProcessing:-\n")

(repeat (sslength ss)

(setq en (ssname ss count)

count (1+ count)

)

(entscan en oldtxt newtxt)

(prompt (strcat "\r" (itoa count) " done."))

)

(prompt "\rDone ")

(setq count 0

bllen (length blist)

)

(if (> bllen 0) (prompt "\nProcessing blocks:-\n"))

(while (and (> bllen 0) (setq bname (nth count blist)))

(setq count (1+ count)

bdata (tblsearch "BLOCK" bname)

nen (cdr (assoc -2 bdata))

)

(while (and nen

(/= (cdr (assoc 0 (entget nen))) "ENDBLK")

)

(entscan nen oldtxt newtxt)

(setq nen (entnext nen))

)

(prompt (strcat "\r" (itoa count) " done."))

)

(prompt "\rDone ")

(if (or dimtoo blktoo)

(progn (prompt "\nRegenerating drawing.")

(command ".regen")

)

)

(princ)

)

(defun entscan (en oldtxt newtxt / ed et 2f tmp)

(setq ed (entget en)

et (cdr (assoc 0 ed))

2f (cdr (assoc 2 ed))

)

(cond ((and (= et "TEXT") txttoo) (swaptext en oldtxt newtxt))

((and (= et "DIMENSION") dimtoo)

(progn (swaptext en oldtxt newtxt)

(if (setq tmp (chklist blist 2f))

(setq blist tmp)

)

)

)

((and (= et "INSERT") blktoo)

(progn (if (setq tmp (chklist blist 2f))

(setq blist tmp)

)

(if (and atttoo (cdr (assoc 66 ed)))

(attscan en oldtxt newtxt)

)

)

)

)

)

(defun attscan (ename otxt ntxt / edata parent etype)

(setq edata (entget ename)

parent edata

etype "INSERT"

)

(while (and ename (/= etype "SEQEND"))

(setq ename (entnext ename))

(if ename (setq edata (entget ename)

etype (cdr (assoc 0 edata))

)

)

(if (= etype "ATTRIB") (swaptext ename otxt ntxt))

)

(entmod parent)

)

 

(defun swaptext (ename otxt ntxt / edata oldt newt edata)

(setq edata (entget ename)

oldt (assoc 1 edata)

)

(if oldt

(progn (setq newt (cons 1 (swapstr (cdr oldt) otxt ntxt))

edata (subst newt oldt edata)

)

(entmod edata)

)

)

)

(defun swapstr (line oldstr newstr / charpos oldlen)

(setq oldlen (strlen oldstr)

oldstr (strcase oldstr)

charpos 1

)

(repeat (1+ (- (strlen line) oldlen))

(if (= (strcase (substr line charpos oldlen)) oldstr)

(setq line (strcat (substr line 1 (1- charpos))

newstr

(substr line (+ charpos oldlen))

)

charpos (+ charpos (strlen newstr))

)

)

(setq charpos (1+ charpos))

)

(setq line line)

)

(defun chklist (itemlist itemname)

(if (member itemname itemlist)

(setq itemlist F)

(setq itemlist (append itemlist (list itemname)))

)

)

(princ)

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  • 2 weeks later...

I have a solution for your MTEXT. Explode! I'm not a huge fan of MTEXT. I get pissed off when I find single lines of text in drawings done with MTEXT.

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I've been working on a find and replace text lisp for use at work. I want it to be able to search for strings of old text and replace them with the new desired text. Basically a find and replace that I can automate to run through a folder of drawings with a batch file. In advance I appreciate all assistance regarding this. :D

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Not sure if this is what you looking for:

I found it some where, can't remember where.

It do have a dialog box as well but after uploading the lsp you can use the scr file and do a find and replace that way, by drag & drop.

 

todouble22 , think this should work perfect for you.

mfind.zip

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rustym, thank you for that I have found that before as well but have not been able to get it to run? I'll try it again with this file maybe the one I had was different?

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